Just two weeks before a pivotal meeting, the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy has been just muddling along as of late.

Talk of the K-shaped economy is brewing once again. The moniker first gained traction in 2020 to describe the divergence ...

From homebuilding to trucking, major parts of the US economy are in deep trouble. The weakness could drag the whole country ...

Here’s a set of definitions for common and emerging economic and fiscal terms often seen bandied about in news reports.

Fed governor Stephen Miran calls for large interest rate cuts, warning that current policy is "holding the economy back" and ...

Something in the US economy isn’t adding up, and it’s rattling the people charged with wrangling inflation and keeping the labor market intact.

Growth has been bolstered by data-center investment and stock-market wealth. A reversal could raise the risk of recession.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy.

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Rich millennials are doing OK, but they feel terrible about their finances and the economy. They're comparing themselves to ...

A windfall for companies that build data centers and their suppliers is overshadowing weakness in other industries.

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