While new job reports show unemployment claims have decreased for the third straight week, voters in Massachusetts said their ...

Stock prices move up and down due to fluctuations in supply and demand, and a breaking news report can have a drastic effect ...

In an August 2024 report, J.P. Morgan analysts revealed that there's a 35% chance the U.S. will fall into a recession by the ...

That would increase the risk of inflation—ironically, given the fact that Trump won in large part because voters were angry ...

The positive relationship between economic freedom and population growth is good news for states ... even when policies have gotten so bad that they have eroded any geographic advantages (e.g ...

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Solid growth, including strong retail trends, should vindicate the federal government’s aggressive stimulus measures — even ...

America, it seems, can't quit tariffs. Like corduroy and round glasses, these short-term taxes sometimes fall out of fashion. But before you know it, they're back in style—a quick fix deployed ...

Trump's election victory was a product of voter discontent with the state of the country, the economy and a desire for change ...

Bad news for the economy is once again bad news for the stock market as fears of a recession grow. Bad economic news was cheered last year as it signaled inflation may be cooling and the Fed may ...

After the freight ups and downs of the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath, economic and industry numbers ... more than contract freight, a bad situation for fleets that get most of their freight ...