US Economy News Today: New Home Sales Plunged in May

She is the Economics Editor for news at Investopedia. Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past ... Read More

The Economy Is Cooling, and That’s Good News

He estimates the economy’s potential growth rate to be about 2% “The good news here is that below-trend growth helps to relieve inflationary pressure.” That’s exactly what the Fed wants. Read More

The Trump Economy, Past and Future

Photo: EVAN VUCCI/ASSOCIATED PRESS Democrats are casting the economy under Donald Trump as a Dickensian portrait of inequality, while he claims it was the best in history. The reality is that most ... Read More

Stocks Calm After Biden’s Stunning Withdrawal But Uncertainty Has Crept Into the Market and Economy as Election Looms

When Richard Nixon resigned in August 1974, the economy was in trouble and the country was in the midst of a bear market. The S&P fell 1% on the news of his ... at a time of great social and ... Read More

Drug stores are closing up shop in droves. Here’s why

CVS has also closed up shop at hundreds of locations since ... attract more price-conscious customers away from drug stores with better deals. In many parts of the country, if a consumer wants ... Read More

It’s the economy, stupid. Here’s what you need to know about it for the presidential debate

The current contest is far from an exception, with close to 90% of respondents in a May ABC News/Ipsos poll indicating that the economy is the most important issue in determining who gets their ... Read More

This week in Bidenomics: What economy?

Biden said that when he took office in 2021, Trump had left behind an economy “in free fall.” Trump countered that he gifted Biden “something great” by establishing the conditions for the ... Read More

8 Great Deals at Thrift Stores

Here are some things you, too, should always buy at thrift stores. Photos ... Forecast Has Some Great News for Retirees Breaking news: Trump shot in apparent assassination attempt ... Read More