Trump’s policies pose an existential threat to the American bubble economy. As Japan discovered three decades ago, there’s no easy escape.

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) defines a recession as a “significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months.” ...

The return of higher rates should help the economy course-correct. More money will flow to long-term investments and sustainable companies instead of speculative assets and impractical start-ups.

The economy, but more specifically how much stuff costs, is always going to be top of mind for voters. And there's no easy solution politically.

The US economy shrank slightly less in the beginning of the year than previously reported, new data shows, but it was still the first quarterly decline since 2022, in a sign of how President ...