The Economy Looks Shaky. So, Why Is The Stock Market Surging?

There's a massive disconnect between different indicators of the economy's health: economic indicators are waving red flags about employment and inflation, while financial markets are surging, seeing ... Read More

Consumer Gloom Over the Economy Deepens

Chris Rupkey, chief economist at fwdbonds, said, “Consumer spending has rebounded somewhat in the third quarter, but that recovery from a dismal first half of the year will not hold if diminished ... Read More

The US economy has come down with a case of early-onset stagflation

Two key reports released Thursday showed the US economy may be in a state of early-onset stagflation — a toxic one-two punch of slow economic growth and rising prices. Read More

Americans are feeling a lot worse about the state of the economy

Americans are downbeat on the economy, according to preliminary data released by the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index. 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

Economy Primed for Lower Interest Rates as Inflation Remains a Problem

Now that the Federal Reserve has signaled lower interest rates are likely to come in the next month or so, attention will turn back to the underlying health of the economy. That will be clearer this ... Read More

Trump, when in trouble, throws tantrums. The economy is his latest conniption. | Opinion

President Donald Trump applies a very simple – and deeply dishonest – approach to telling the story of America’s economy: Everything his opponents do is designed to destroy it, and only he can fix it. 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

McDonald's and Wendy's report breakfast sales are down. Here's what that says about the economy.

Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. Before joining the business and finance vertical, she worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program. Read More

Can Germany’s Merz Revive the Economy? Voters Are Running Out of Patience

BERLIN—In his first speech to Parliament after taking office, Chancellor Friedrich Merz promised to put Germany’s ailing economy back on track. “By this summer, I want you, my fellow German citizens, ... Read More