A split between wealthy and lower-income households is turning the economy into a political liability for the US president.

For a discipline so obsessed with forecasts, economics can be surprisingly backwards-looking – even the ‘latest’ data ...

Federal statistical agencies are releasing delayed reports on inflation, jobs, and economic growth as they work through a major backlog from the 43-day government shutdown. Here's the economic ...

This economy stinks. Practically every consumer sentiment survey and political poll points to that theme. People feel like their dollars aren’t stretching as far as before, and the cost of living is ...