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U.S. economy speeds up after government shutdown as businesses turn more optimistic

The U.S. economy grew in November at the fastest pace in four months, new surveys showed, and businesses turned more optimistic about the future following the end of the federal government shutdown. Read More

Mexico Is Not Just the Top Supplier to the U.S. Now It Is the Top Buyer.

For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada, U.S. government data show, in a sign of how much North American trade has consolidated. Read More

The U.S. Economy Is Ready To Grow Again—If Washington Lets It

Over the last few years Washington tried to micromanage the economy—and the results speak for themselves. When regulators second-guess business decisions, slow-walk mergers and erect new barriers to ... Read More

Resilient domestic economy gives India space to negotiate U.S. trade deal, sources say

India’s strong domestic economy and a smaller-than-expected hit to exports are giving New Delhi more room to negotiate a trade deal with Washington, which has imposed tariffs as high as 50% on imports ... Read More

International Trade, Regulation, and the Global Economy

As tariffs and trade deals make headlines, here’s a perfect puzzle: Why, as tariffs fell and supply chains expanded in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, did many economies fail to see the ... Read More

Poll shows 47% of Americans see large US trade deficit as economic emergency

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -About half of Americans view the large U.S. trade deficit with other countries as an economic emergency, according to a poll released on Tuesday, a day before the Supreme Court ... Read More

Dallas Fed analysis shows Texas economy is cooling

After years of rampant growth and a strong summer, the Texas economy appears to have cooled this fall, according to a recent analysis by researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The cooling ... Read More

Canada Reaches for Its Economic Past to Find a Future Less Reliant on the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney fast-tracked mines and other natural resource projects to the dismay of some Indigenous groups and many environmentalists. 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 impact does FedEx have on the global economy? Breaking down the latest numbers

This week's Mane Street Memphis includes updates on FedEx's economic impact, Chickasaw Heritage Park and new apartments in Cooper-Young. Read More