The unemployment rate in July was unchanged at 4.2%, but more people left the labor force, according to the report. Payrolls ...

Investors had been questioning whether the market was overvalued following a series of records in recent weeks.

Senator Elizabeth Warren warns current crypto framework could 'blow up' US economy while blasting GENIUS ACT and Trump's ...

Fact checked by Stella Osoba The market turmoil caused by President Trump's 2025 tariff announcements has experts reassessing a longstanding maxim: "The stock market is not the economy." Brenton ...

Recent data shows the economy has cooled off and might have trouble getting back to a strong point. The job market is tough, real GDP dropped more than initially thought, and consumer spending ...

The notion that the stock market isn't the economy is decades old. Kai Ryssdal of "Marketplace" popularized the phrase just before the 2008 Financial Crisis, emphasizing that one shouldn't confuse ...

However much investors might fret about the stock market in a downturn, history suggests the market will eventually recover. The S&P 500 took back all of its losses in the Great Recession of 2008 ...

The high-yield bond market is suggesting that the outlook for companies and the economy is strong. Yields on the bonds are down, suggesting investors don't see much reason to worry about what's ahead.