Previous Mideast conflicts have caused recession. Today’s economy has more insulation from oil shock, but is showing some ...

Newly released data shows the U.S. economy was already showing signs of strain even before the launch of the Iran war, ...

Jerome Powell said “don’t know” 17 times during the conference as he praised the economy’s resilience—but flagged rising inflation, stalled job growth, and an unpredictable oil shock from Iran.

The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a second estimate released on Friday by ...

Consumers spend $21 trillion a year, and figuring out where that comes from helps gauge the economy’s durability in the face ...

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.

GDP growth was previously pegged at 1.4% for last year’s fourth quarter.

US central bankers, who will announce their next interest rate decision later today, face a policy dilemma: rising pricing pressures on one side, and slowing economic growth on the other. As ...

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Hiring at US businesses unexpectedly plunged last month as employers shed an estimated 92,000 jobs, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The fourth-quarter number was half the government’s first estimate of 1.4% as economists had expected the revision to go the other way.