By David Leonhardt The economy is probably headed toward a recession ... of economic indicators to be confusing, don’t feel bad. It is confusing. Some numbers point in one direction, while ...

Editor’s note (April 30th 2025): This story has been updated with the latest economic data. AMID MUCH partisan noise from Republicans and Democrats it can be difficult to separate fact from ...

New York CNN — Just 10 days ago, anxious markets were freaking out about the US economy ... and bad: Mortgage rates are coming down (the average was 6.5% this week) and supply is going up ...

If you talk to most Americans, the economy feels bad ... said they did not attribute raises to inflation. So prices going up feels bad, because that was outside of your control, but getting ...

Just when people could need more help amid worrying signs for the economy, Trump is gutting the social safety net and threatening retirement savings. The administration’s sudden moves have ...

President Donald Trump took credit for the "good parts" of the economy in an exclusive interview with NBC News airing Sunday, but said that the "bad parts ... The tariffs are going to make ...

Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy. Consumer sentiment plunged ... the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952. April’s reading was lower than anything seen ...