Russia’s sanctions-defying economy, propelled higher by the Ukraine war, is suddenly coming back down to earth. Fueled by massive military spending and steady oil exports, Russia recorded some ...

The economy added a stronger-than-expected 147,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% from 4.2%, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Thursday.

The global economy is sailing through this year’s historic increase in tariffs, displaying an unexpected trait: resilience. Faced with extreme uncertainty, businesses and households have ...

The economy’s resilience so far to President Trump’s global trade war risks emboldening him and unleashing the sort of economic devastation that economists have long feared.

In the face of higher tariffs on virtually everything the United States imports, plus a Middle East crisis, the United States economy has, remarkably, held its ground. Inflation has mostly held ...

But, we haven't seen anything like that now." The U.S. economy is far less dependent on foreign oil than it was back in the 1970s, Powell added.

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Bill Maher is acknowledging that the doom and gloom predictions he had about the economy being negatively impacted by President Trump’s tariff plan so far haven’t panned out. “I remember I ...

The U.S. economy added jobs in June at a faster pace than in recent months, despite economic uncertainty stemming from trade, tax and monetary policy. The Labor Department on Thursday reported ...

Did the U.S. economy really lose jobs in June for the first time since the pandemic? Payroll king ADP says yes, but investors ought to take its report with a very large grain of salt.

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