and Americans are feeling better about the trajectory of the economy. The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment gauge jumped to 78.8 in January, the highest mark since July 2021. That's up ...

the highest percentage for indicating that since December 2021. However, another 71 percent said they think the U.S. economy is in poor shape, the poll found. Americans’ outlook on the economy ...

renewed waves and new variants of the virus pose concerns for the outlook. Amid exceptional uncertainty, the global economy is projected to grow 5.5 percent in 2021 and 4.2 percent in 2022. The 2021 ...

In a Pew Research survey conducted in late March and early April, a large majority of Republicans and Democrats alike still had a negative outlook on the economy. Democrats and Republicans ...

The U.S. labor market likely kept on churning out jobs last month, economists say, but the outlook is cloudy ... in 2022 and a record 603,000 in 2021 as the economy rebounded from COVID-19 lockdowns.

and the global economy is projected to grow by 5.9 percent in 2021 and by 4.9 percent in 2022 (0.1 percentage point lower for 2021 than in the July 2021 World Economic Outlook Update). Vaccine access ...

But U.S. year-over-year consumer price index (CPI) inflation came in at just 2.9% in July — its lowest level since March 2021. In addition, the U.S. economy added just 114,000 jobs in July ...

While both of these inflation readings were above the Fed’s 2.0 percent long-term goal, they were substantially closer to that goal than at any time since early 2021 and added significantly to ...

Meanwhile, the outlook for Social Security improved slightly ... Security exceeded the program’s total income starting in 2021, and is projected to do so going forward, according to the report.

The economy is sending a signal for investors to ... the firm said. In 2020 and 2021, the Fed grew its balance sheet, which added to the money supply. But the central banks has been trimming ...

Still, South Korea’s economy is widely expected to slow down this year amid a challenging outlook for the global ... slowing from 4.1 percent in 2021. South Korean parents are being showered ...