Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images/Christopher Katsarov Luna/Bloomberg News/Yuri Gripas/Zuma Press Is the U.S. economy headed for a recession? President Trump says he doesn’t know, and he seems ...

It’s been a while. As you know, we’re two months into the Trump administration and, therefore, two months into the Trump economy. And he comes to office with a set of sweeping economic ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking ...

(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) It’s official: President Donald Trump is dragging down not just the U.S. economy but the global economy, too. That’s according to a new world economic outlook report ...

To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. In sum: The solid economy that President Donald Trump inherited is beginning to buckle under the weight of his tariff agenda, which has left ...

Weak consumer spending figures are adding to concerns that the US economy is slowing, and perhaps heading into a recession. Monday’s retail report didn’t ease those fears. Spending last month ...

China’s economy, too, looks to be in better health, with 4.8 percent growth expected in 2025 and 4.4 percent in 2026. If trade restrictions escalate, inflation could rise and economic growth ...

China has vowed to “vigorously boost consumption” as it tries to inject new momentum into the world’s second-largest economy, which was already struggling before President Donald Trump ...

and nonessential goods and services typically get hit first — ultimately generate a ripple effect throughout the economy. Alexandra Reid, who lives in Washington with her husband and dog ...