‘No One Should Be Very Confident’: Four Economists Dissect Trump and the Economy

Ms. Patterson is an economist who has held senior roles at JPMorgan Chase and Bridgewater Associates. Mr. Cass, Dr. Furman and Dr. Summers are economists and contributing Opinion writers. Read More

Is the Economy as Healthy as Trump Claims?

Trump says Americans are experiencing the “best economy we’ve ever had.” Experts say the economy is solid, but the labor market looks much more wobbly than it did at the start of the year. They’re ... Read More

The Economy Is Turning Into a Black Box

Sophisticated private sources could provide a fuller picture of the state of the economy. But the government is not even trying to use them. Read More

Takeaways: If you’re confused about what’s next for the US economy, so is the Fed

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates for the first time since December to support America’s faltering labor market. However, the economy’s path forward looks murky, according to the ... Read More

The hard truth about the circular economy—real change will take more than refillable bottles

We extract more than 100 billion tonnes of raw materials from Earth each year, then throw most of them away. The "circular economy" offers a different approach: instead of the linear "take-make-waste" ... Read More

Economy 'On the Brink' of Recession by End of Year, Moody's Economist Warns

In an interview with Newsweek, Mark Zandi outlined the risks to the U.S. economy and how it could skirt—or slip into—a downturn. 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

How Utahns’ feelings about the economy have changed since Donald Trump’s election

Utahns remain more optimistic about their financial future than most Americans, but have lost the confidence they gained after President Donald Trump’s election to a second term. That’s the consensus ... Read More

Global economy takes Trump shocks in stride, for now

One of the deepest early fears - of a trade war of steadily rising tariffs and a halt to global shipping - has not materialized. 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

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