Economy News Could The Us Economy Be Doing Too Well

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

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 ... Read More

Something Feels Different About the Economy

If you plot out the value of an economy that grows by just a few percentage points a year, and you set a long-enough time frame, your chart will look like a plateau that suddenly explodes into a ... Read More

Could the government shutdown tip the US into a recession? Experts weigh in

The U.S. economy remains largely unscathed but pressure could mount. The U.S. economy remains largely unscathed by the government shutdown, but the nation could risk economic peril if the impasse ... Read More

If New York or California enters a recession, the entire U.S. economy would be next. So how are they doing?

As two of the country's biggest states by GDP, their economies 'may be canaries in the coal mine,' one economist notes The economies of California and New York could be proverbial canaries in the coal ... Read More

'60 Minutes' segment compares Trump economy to 1929 stock crash, claims CEOs too 'nervous' to speak out

A segment on CBS’ "60 Minutes" Sunday night suggested record-high stock market levels under President Donald Trump could be a precursor to another crash similar to 1929. Host Lesley Stahl spoke with ... Read More