When experts claim "the stock market isn't the economy," they're highlighting a crucial disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street. With record market participation and recent tariff-induced ...

The labor market also appeared to be on healthy footing ahead of the tariffs with job growth accelerating in March, unemployment at a low 4.2% and wages increasing at a healthy pace.

With the S&P 500 down nearly 10% from its peak and having wiped out $5 trillion in value, it's no surprise that recent economic data has shown consumers starting to pull back on their spending ...

The economy and the stock market have always had an upward bias. This makes sense if you think about it. There are way more people who want things to be better, not worse.

If the stock market closes in bear territory – a drop of 20% from a recent peak – it would be the earliest in a new administration a bull market has turned into a bear in the history of the S ...

This time, maybe the stock market is the economy.. Financial markets around the world have plummeted in the days since President Trump announced sweeping tariffs, setting off a global trade war.

The U.S. stock market has shed nearly a year's worth of gains since mid-Febraury with the biggest dip following President Donald Trump's announcements of wide-sweeping tariffs that rattled the ...

In fact, under Trump, the stock market has had its worst start to a presidential term since 1974, when Gerald Ford took over after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

On Wednesday morning, Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 3.9%, the Stoxx Europe 600 fell 3%, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell nearly 1.7%, and Germany’s DAX index fell more than 3%.

That means the bond market has much more direct impact on the economy than the stock market. Advertisement The two investments, which make up the bulk of most people’s personal and retirement ...