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Languages: English. Republicans are trusted less than Democrats with the economy, according to a new poll. This is the first time since May, 2021, that the GOP has been seen as less trustworthy ...

President Trump sought Wednesday to shift the blame to former President Joe Biden for a shocking first-quarter dip in the economy even as markets and voters give his performance a thumbs down.

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking ...

Trump has referred to April 2 as "liberation day." President Donald Trump has vowed to issue a fresh round of tariffs on April 2, presenting it as an inflection point for the economy weeks after a ...

Concerns are heightening that the U.S. economy is heading toward a recession as the stock markets slide amid the Trump administration’s implementation of tariffs. President Donald Trump and his ...

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Bank executives’ commentary over the past week made clear they’re worried about where the economy is headed, but their first-quarter results showed little concern. The six biggest US banks ...

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To determine if the economy has entered a recession, NBER evaluates six key indicators: real personal income; non-farm payroll employment; employment as measured by the household survey ...