The numbers: The second of two readings of the consumer sentiment survey improved to 52.2 in late April from 50.8 earlier in the month, after the White House partially paused reciprocal tariffs ...

Jeremy Applebaum, a real-estate broker in Overland Park, Kan., was out of town when his buyer broke the news by text: They were pulling out of the home-buying process, spooked by the sudden ...