The K-shaped economy describes a growing divide between higher and lower wage earners. A red hot investment markets, driven ...

The “K-shaped economy” describes how wealthy Americans enjoy rising incomes and wealth while lower-income households struggle ...

At what point will AI’s promised productivity gains begin to match the scale of the investment poured into it? Until there’s ...

The Federal Reserve’s influence on the economy is immense, and often misunderstood. Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, gives an exclusive, firsthand look into the ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Moody's Chief Economist Mark Zandi about the strength of the economy during the government shutdown. Well, what is a good assessment of the economy, given that we've ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy. The American economy is a consumer economy.

America’s labor market started to stall out in the early summer. Between May and August, job gains averaged 31,000 per month, or about one-fifth the monthly rate seen last year. What happened in ...

President Donald Trump has rarely passed up the opportunity to tell Americans that the U.S. economy, with his hand at the wheel, is roaring. His administration has held up GDP growth rates, high ...

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Recession worries are spreading, but analysts don’t expect a dire economic slowdown in 2025 and are looking for growth to reaccelerate next year. Heightened risk factors like a rapidly cooling labor ...

It’s the issue voters cared most about in 2024, and there are signs of trouble. By Jess Bidgood Last year, Donald Trump couldn’t stop talking about the economy. As a presidential candidate, he ...

The U.S. economy continues to grow despite persistent recession forecasts, supported by ample liquidity in the financial system. Federal Reserve's aggressive monetary expansion during the pandemic ...