American employers shed 33,000 staff last month, a new report showed, in an unexpectedly weak readout on U.S. labor-market ...

If Trump lowers the US trade deficit that could reduce dollars held abroad from being funneled into the S&P 500, Apollo's top economist said.

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now working its way through Congress, permanently extends tax cuts ...

Economists warned that a barrage of new U.S. tariffs could trigger a renewed bout of inflation. So why aren't prices surging?

The consumer price index, an inflation gauge, rose 2.9% on an annual basis in December. That's up from 2.7% in November. Energy, food, new and used vehicles, car insurance and airline fares were ...

President Donald Trump on Monday continued his extended attack against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the central bank’s Board of Governors, calling for ultra-low rates in an intensifying ...

The nearby chart shows an economy with five percent inflation for a few years, followed by ten percent inflation. Note that higher inflation shows as a steeper slope, year after year.

President Trump's tariffs have sparked fears that US economic growth could slow materially in 2025. At this point, this sentiment has largely shown up in weak survey data, but one other indicator ...

The Wolf-Krugman Exchange was produced by Sandra Kanthal and Mischa Frankl-Duval, and the broadcast engineer was Andrew Georgiades. The sound engineer was Breen Turner. Our executive producer is Flo ...