How bad is America’s economy, really?

It’s getting harder to argue that the US economy is in good shape. At least, not without a ton of footnotes, caveats and fine print. Read More

Bad economic news might actually be bad again

With time to digest what looks like a summer stall-out, complicated by the ongoing impacts of tariffs, investors recoiled after a rough jobs report. Read More

Why are stocks setting records when the economy feels down in the dumps?

Hiring is at a standstill. Inflation is on the rise again. Consumer sentiment is slipping near historic lows. Americans are increasingly fed up with the economy. Read More

The Real Reason Trump Is a Threat to the Economy

But in late August, the Trump administration issued a stop-work order blocking federal money that had been subsidizing the project as part of the clean-energy push President Joe Biden and the ... Read More

Is Trump’s economy just vibes? Data vs narrative

If you zoom out, the US economy has been undisputedly resilient, pretty much ever since the global financial crisis in 2008. The last few years have been more controversial however. Technical ... Read More

How can good eco data cause such bad vibes?

If their preferred party is not in power, they tend to have less confidence in the economy. Finally, there are some legitimately bad numbers — as any economist can tell you, there is always bad news ... Read More

Signs of economic distress are mounting. How long can stock investors keep ignoring them?

The mantra for investors right now is "bad news is good news," but what if that relationship suddenly flips? Read More

The jobs reports were revised down by 911,000. What does it say about the economy?

U.S. employers added nearly a million fewer workers than previously believed, according to a Labor Department report out Sept. 9. Read More

MAGA Economics Is Losing

Trump promised that protectionism and immigration enforcement would be good for the economy. The latest jobs report tells a different story. Read More

The Economy Is Starting to Pay for Trump’s Chaos

Mr. Bernstein was the chair of President Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2023 to 2025. Mr. Cummings served the council as an economist from 2021 to 2023. Since President Trump took ... Read More

Fox News Has Gone Quiet on the Economy. That’s Very Bad News For Your Wallet.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of delivering, from the Oval Office, his own version of economic data, just days after firing the top Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ... Read More

Are latest UK growth figures good or bad news for the economy?

The latest monthly figure is good, well above expectations, driven by the service sector. The latest quarterly data show the economy growing, but slowly. For the first half of the year, there has been ... Read More