A weak jobs number just popped the S&P 500. The longer-term picture is more complicated.

The federal budget deficit for fiscal 2026 totaled nearly $2 trillion, the Treasury Department reported Friday. The fiscal ...

The sheer size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out ...

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The US financial system has been shaped by hundreds of years of laws enacted to finance wars, cure financial crises, and settle issues raised by political movements. For over 100 years of the nation’s ...

United States economic growth slowed in the second quarter of 2026 amid a growing deficit and increasing inflationary pressures. US gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.5 percent between April and ...

US Economy Expanded at Sluggish 1.5% Pace in Second Quarter, on Par With Earlier Estimate WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June. But consumer spending ...

Discover the major deflation periods in U.S. history, from the 19th century’s Long Depression to the impacts of the Great Depression and Great Recession.

Artificial intelligence is everywhere, and now more money is being poured into building A.I. than virtually all infrastructure projects. A.I. is increasingly looking like it’s going to be the biggest ...

President Donald Trump has cheery news for Americans who think they're struggling financially right now – the United States currently has the "best economic numbers … in the history of our country." ...

Is America’s economy soaring because of or in spite of President Donald Trump’s policies? How you answer that question may say as much about your own political biases as it does anything else. But let ...

The US labor market appears to have found its footing: The economy added 172,000 jobs in May, shattering expectations, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Friday. The latest jobs ...