White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt grew defensive over the White House’s handling of the economy in exchanges with reporters Thursday, standing by President Donald Trump’s comments that ...

If you’re confused about the economy right now, you’re in good company. Experts are also grappling with conflicting indicators, imperfect data and flashing caution signs. By some indicators, things ...

Retailers like TJX and Ross expected to attract bargain hunters Analysts favor Ross and TJX over Macy's and Kohl's Investors monitor store traffic for consumer sentiment insights High-end retailers' ...

Unemployment, job turnover, and unemployment benefit applications are low. Employers in many industries are in low-hire, low-fire mode. With tomorrow being Thanksgiving and all, first-time ...

Armed with shovels and wheelbarrows, municipal workers from Tulum, Mexico, were deployed to the resort town’s famed beaches in June, tasked with removing large quantities of sargassum that had piled ...

• The latest snapshot of the US labor market showed an unexpected rebound of 119,000 jobs in September but a loss for August and a lower total for July. The report was originally scheduled for October ...

Even with the recent market pullback, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) remains 12.5% higher on the year. The recent pullback represents only a -3.97% decline from the high reached on October 28. Based on ...

Ms. Patterson is an economist who has held senior positions at JPMorgan Chase and Bridgewater Associates. In the game of Jenga, players remove wooden blocks from a tower and place them on the top.

To understand how Americans are faring economically these days, it's helpful to consider the eleventh letter of the alphabet. Experts describe the current U.S. economy as "K-shaped," a reference to ...

Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week, but the decision was far from unanimous. Two members of the Federal Open Market Committee dissented, an unusual occurrence that reveals deep disagreement ...

With current AI spending far outpacing end-product monetization, the increasing string of circular investments within the industry is raising concerns of a brewing systemic risk. AMD's recent ...