Opinion

It’s about to officially become Trump’s economy

President Donald Trump says he expects to nominate a new Federal Reserve chair this month. When that happens, Trump will have run out of excuses: This will officially become his economy, for better or ...

CNN data guru reminds Trump his economic approval rating is 'flat out awful'

CNN’s data guru Harry Enten reminded Donald Trump that he is recording “flat out awful” approval ratings on the economy as the president tries to insist he is doing a fine job. Enten, the network’s ...

Why so many Americans dislike this fast-growing economy

Data this week showed that the American economy is growing at its fastest pace in two years — and yet polling shows the mood on Main Street is grim.

Trump suddenly sounds a lot like Biden on the economy

President Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to criticize his predecessor about the economy, alleging former President Joe Biden caused an inflation crisis. But some of Trump’s economic ...

The US economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years as wealthier Americans kept spending

An initial reading of third-quarter gross domestic product showed the US economy expanded at an inflation-adjusted annualized rate of 4.3%, a far faster pace than the 3.8% recorded in the second ...
CNN

Private-sector firms added just 37,000 jobs in May, the lowest total in more than two years

High economic uncertainy has hiring grinding to a halt at US businesses. Job growth slowed for the second month in a row at private-sector firms, which added just 37,000 jobs in May, according to new ...
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America’s economy performed slightly better in the first quarter than we thought — but it still shrank

The US economy shrank slightly less in the beginning of the year than previously reported, new data shows, but it was still the first quarterly decline since 2022, in a sign of how President Donald ...

The Fed admits it can’t easily fix an economic problem it helped create

Low-income Americans have missed out on the wealth effects that have benefited the highest earners. The Fed, which has played a role in what economists refer to as the K-shaped economy, can’t easily ...
CNN

Why Trump’s greatest first-term strength may be his biggest second-term weakness

In President Donald Trump’s first White House term, public confidence in his handling of the economy was always among his greatest strengths. But in the early days of his second term, public views ...
CNN

A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos

Many Americans might not have felt major effects from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs — until now. That’s because a major shipping loophole expired at one minute past midnight on Friday. The ...
CNN

Scott Bessent: ‘I can’t guarantee’ America will avoid a recession

Is a recession brewing in the US? The answer to that question will vary depending on whom you ask in the Trump administration — and when. Wall Street plunged last week after President Donald Trump ...