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The US economy is not improving. Do Americans regret voting for Trump?

The US economy is going through a tough phase, and some details aren’t talked about enough. One year after Donald Trump returned to office on a promise to lower prices and restore economic confidence, ... Read More

Investing legend Mohamed El-Erian says he's kept up at night by 2 big problems with the US economy

Weakness among lower-income Americans could spread and "contaminate" other parts of the US economy, El-Erian warned. Read More

Economic promises helped Trump get elected. Now he has an affordability problem

Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, even as President Trump tries to tout "record highs" in the stock market. Read More

‘If voters feel like things aren’t working, they fire their politicians’: K-shaped economy math shows why Trump’s base feels betrayed

It’s always hard to bring down prices when somebody else has screwed something up like [President Joe Biden] did,” Trump said in a news conference in early January. “Were ... Read More

The unprecedented government shutdown will weigh on a US economy already under stress

The six-week government shutdown that came to an end late Wednesday will be another drag on an economy already facing many challenges, though the full impact will take months to measure. About ... Read More

The government is back open. Here’s what that means for economic data

The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the gold-standard federal data that is crucial in analyzing the health and trajectory ... Read More

Trump downplays economic woes as partisan spin, saying, 'Costs are way down'

President Donald Trump continued to insist the economy is strong and even insisted polls showing Americans are feeling economic pain are "fake." ... Read More

Hicks: What's going on with the economy?

The stock market continues to do well (subject to day-to-day presidential musings) and GDP growth is strong, while nearly every other measure of economic activity has stagnated or is in deep decline. Read More

Has America’s economy gone K-shaped? Here’s what to know

(NewsNation) — The U.S. economy is pulling apart: Booming for some, breaking for many. In other words, it’s looking K-shaped — one branch climbs while the other falls. “There are now two Americas: A ... Read More

CBS News poll finds rising concern over government shutdown impact on economy, Americans personally

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ... Read More

What’s going on with U.S. tariffs on the world’s No. 2 economy

The Fed's monetary-policy makers are working to figure out the economic impact of the Trump administration's tariffs, and a key factor on that front is the size of the import taxes levied on Chinese ... Read More