The U.S. economy is weaker than it seemed a month ago, and lower interest rates may not be the answer.

Voters are moving away from the traditional pocketbook concerns that have shaped past election cycles, a new poll suggests.

The economy does create real pressure, and rising costs have made life harder for a lot of people. At the same time, not every money problem comes from inflation, interest rates, or forces completely ...

President Donald Trump’s recent commentary on the economy is drawing plenty of comparisons to then-President Joe Biden’s. In his most dismissive remarks on the topic to date, Trump ratcheted up his ...

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CNN data analyst Harry Enten reported Friday that fewer Americans now cite the economy as the nation’s top problem, and that number continues to decline. Enten noted that fewer Americans are naming ...

For more than a century, economists have tried to reduce economics to a series of mathematical equations and statistical ...

The Wall Street Journal, of all places, recently ran an article by one of its columnists arguing that “low taxes are becoming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Joe Biden passed the presidential torch back to Donald Trump, the Republican had reason to celebrate the economic conditions ...

The nation’s top economic statistician was fired. Central bank independence is being undermined. The federal government is buying chunks of private companies and demanding cuts of revenue streams.