Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) acknowledged the recent investment from Saudi Arabia as another example of a foreign nation clamoring to be a part of the “U.S. economy that President Trump is ...

The numbers: Worker productivity, one of the biggest drivers of a strong U.S. economy since the pandemic, stumbled in the first quarter of 2025, for the first time since the second quarter of 2022.

reaching nearly 9% of (the U.S. economy) by 2035, up from 6.4% in 2024, driven mainly by increased interest payments on debt, rising entitlement spending, and relatively low revenue generation.” ...

BEIJING (AP) — China announced a barrage of measures meant to counter the blow to its economy from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, as the two sides prepared for talks later this week.

Photo: Nathan Howard/Reuters If you thought the U.S. economy was breaking up with China, well, think again. “Neither side wants to decouple,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday in ...

That’s the main message from big agricultural businesses as they report their quarterly earnings, giving an early glimpse into the far-reaching impacts of the U.S. president’s trade war.

Without them, many investors expect the economy to fall into a recession. Regardless, all the will-he-won’t-he uncertainty around tariffs has made U.S. households more pessimistic about the ...

TOKYO—Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in a year and faces a bumpy road ahead owing to the impact of U.S. trade policy. Japan’s real gross domestic product declined 0.2% in the ...

Lately, Wall Street economic commentary has been replete with ominous warnings: President Donald Trump’s tariffs are bound to cause an economic downturn, or perhaps even a recession. Apollo ...

A cargo slowdown at U.S. ports would result in job loss for people employed at ports, in transportation and at warehouses. Those losses would radiate outward into the economy, economists say.

Crude oil prices climbed because a global economy less burdened by tariffs will likely burn more fuel. The value of the U.S. dollar strengthened against everything from the euro to the Japanese ...