The US economy was on shaky footing even before President Donald Trump plunged the United States into a war with Iran, a battery of new data released Friday showed.

Economic growth at the end of 2025 was revised downward and consumer prices rose at the start of 2026. Economic growth was slower at the end of 2025 than data first showed and inflationary pressures ...

The U.S. economy, hobbled by last fall’s 43-day government shutdown, advanced at an unexpectedly sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Friday in a ...

Global wealth is quietly being redrawn, and the new map has a striking center of gravity: three countries now host more than half of the planet’s billionaires. A record 3,428 individuals with ...

China's consumer inflation recorded the biggest jump in more than three years, as an extended holiday bolstered spending.

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U.S. GDP grew 1.4% in Q4, down from 4.4% in Q3, as consumer and government spending slowed; hiring remained weak despite solid annual growth. (Scripps News) China responds to US tariffs overturn ...

A combination of the words "boom" and "recession" can help explain why Americans feel so sour about a growing economy.

California has regained its bragging-rights ranking as the world’s fourth-largest economy. Using gross domestic product as the scorecard, my spreadsheet compared fresh state-level data for the third ...

Statisticians use three data sources—on output, income and expenditure—to measure GDP. They triangulate their best estimate of economic activity based on a reading from all three. The figures released ...

WASHINGTON — Looking back on the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump boasts that he has resurrected the American economy by imposing big import taxes on foreign products. He made his ...