As the public rejects his economic performance, Trump pitches an alternate reality

As Americans’ attitudes on the economy sour, the president has some choices. He’s settled on the worst one: He’s making stuff up. Read More

'A reality check': What investors should be watching this week as Wall Street revs up after summer vacation

This week is packed with crucial labor-market reports as investors also weigh new flare-ups on the tariff front. Read More

Bad economic news might actually be bad again

With time to digest what looks like a summer stall-out, complicated by the ongoing impacts of tariffs, investors recoiled after a rough jobs report. Read More

‘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

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

'Groceries Are Way Down': Trump Makes Up His Own Reality, Shamelessly Lies About The State Of The Economy During Cabinet Meeting

During a recent cabinet meeting several days ago in the White House, Donald Trump spewed lie after lie bragging about the economy under his presidency, falsely claiming that grocery and energy costs ... Read More

The Economy Is Back on Track Under President Trump

After falling to an 11-year low during the Biden Administration, new polling shows “Americans’ faith in the economy and direction of the nation is back on ... Read More

3 Experts on What Trump Is Doing to the Economy

Mr. Barro is a Times contributing Opinion writer. Mr. Mankiw is an economics professor at Harvard. Ms. Stevenson is an economics professor at the University of Michigan. Josh Barro, a contributing ... Read More

The big problem with the White House’s spin about the economy

But in this White House, every day’s news must be characterized as a spectacular success. So what to do when the fantasy doesn’t match reality? First, you get rid of the messengers, as when Trump ... Read More

What happens when people stop trusting their government's economic data?

President Trump's pick of a political ally to head the agency in charge of unemployment reports has raised fear among economists about political interference in data collection. NPR's Planet Money ... Read More