U.S. economy speeds up despite shutdown, but tariffs weigh on exports and business confidence

The U.S. economy sped up in October during the ongoing government shutdown, new surveys show, but businesses said high ...

Cracks Emerge Beneath Market Resilience, Challenging Areas Of The U.S. Economy

Two recent high-profile bankruptcies of an auto lender and an auto parts company triggered loan loss announcements at a ...

Here’s a theory on why gold suffered its biggest one-day fall in more than ten years, and it’s linked to the U.S. economy.

Robin Brooks, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, sought to explain the flows driving the price of gold ...

Will tariffs slow the U.S. economy in 2026?

The U.S. economy has largely weathered historically high tariffs so far this year, but a new study says tariffs will hit ...

Could the government shutdown tip the US into a recession? Experts weigh in

Roughly 750,000 furloughed government workers already feel crimped by the shutdown as they suffer missed paychecks and ...

Hicks: What's going on with the economy?

A close observer of the economy might be tempted to ask, “What is going on?” The stock market continues to do well (subject ...
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Has America’s economy gone K-shaped? Here’s what to know

For those on the upper arm, things are going well. The top 10% of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all consumer spending, buoyed by record stock market highs. Hourly pay is now rising ...

What is happening to the economy right now, according to the SF Fed president

Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, on the factors shaping the U.S. economy right now, whether ...

Are car loan delinquencies a sign of a struggling economy?

YES: Young and old cannot afford cash outlays to buy a car, used or new. And they certainly cannot afford a house at these ...

'It Shouldn't Be This Difficult To Be Successful' — Worker Earning $240K Says The U.S. Economy Is 'Failing The Middle Class'

A Reddit user earning $240,000 a year says they're doing everything right — paying off credit cards, saving for retirement, ...

U.S. debt tops $38 trillion for the first time, worsened by government shutdown

The national debt is rising faster than ever and threatens to undermine confidence in the economy, experts warn.
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Hicks: What's going on with the economy today?

The stock market continues to do well and GDP growth is strong, while nearly every other measure of economic activity has stagnated or is in deep decline. Why?