Economy News Does The President Control The Economy

The government shutdown is over. Here’s how stocks performed, and what could come next for the economy.

The shutdown’s end is positive for markets because it brings “increased but not instant clarity on everything from air traffic to social programs to economic data,” one analyst says. Read More

Trump’s flailing on the economy is worse than Biden’s

President Donald Trump’s recent commentary on the economy is drawing plenty of comparisons to then-President Joe Biden, but he seems to have a bigger political problem, for several reasons. Read More

Trump Facing Biden-Level Backlash: ‘This Is His Economy Now’

President's Trump’s economic approval has dropped to Biden-era lows, as voters blame him for stubbornly high prices. Read More

Trump doubles down on the economy despite a strong rebuke from voters

This approach carries risks, as President Joe Biden learned when he ignored inflation — and then scrambled to minimize the political fallout of losing trust with the public. Read More

Elections Show Trump’s Edge on the Economy Slipping

Democrats harnessed worries about the cost of living, with polls showing that Republicans’ longtime advantage on the economy has evaporated. Read More

The shutdown is starting to ‘bite the economy,’ top Trump aide warns. The Senate is struggling to make a deal.

A top economist in the Trump administration offered a fresh warning Friday about the record-setting government shutdown’s damaging effects, as the Senate struggled to make a deal to end the closure ... Read More

Atlanta Fed President Bostic to Retire in February, Opening Seat on Key Committee

Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, is retiring at the end of his current term in February, opening up a new seat on the Fed’s interest-rate setting committee at a time t ... Read More

What is happening to the economy right now, according to the SF Fed president

Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, on the factors shaping the U.S. economy right now, whether the outlook is positive or negative, and the importance of Fed ... Read More

Does a government shutdown impact the economy?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The federal government is hours away from a partial shutdown after a last-ditch effort to stop it fell short of just five votes. As the clock continues to tick, we wanted to ... Read More

How much could a government shutdown cost the economy and taxpayers?

Washington — The fight over funding the government is likely to be a costly one. Each week of the ongoing government shutdown could cost the economy $7 billion and reduce GDP growth by 0.1 percentage ... Read More

There Are Two Economies: A.I. and Everything Else

Ms. Sarin, a contributing Opinion writer, is a professor at Yale Law School and the president of the Budget Lab at Yale. She served in the Treasury Department during the Biden administration. Since ... Read More

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China

This week in the Republic of Korea, President Donald J. Trump reached a trade and economic deal with President Xi Jinping of ... Read More