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The stock and bond markets may tumultuous right now, but gold prices have been on a tear. ... more

The Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund supports lenders in far-f... more

Trump’s tariffs will touch the vast majority of industries, but apparel — clothes, shoes, ... more

Verizon lost nearly 300,000 monthly phone subscribers in the first quarter. The telecom gi... more

The scale and volatility of the trade war may be surprising, but tariffs aren’t new — unle... more

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: We’re in an unprecedented economic moment. But this t... more

Some relief seems to have arrived on the housing shortage front — listings are up 9% compa... more

First-time jobless claims have been pretty stable since the start of March — unlike many o... more

We’ve heard about people rushing to replace big-ticket essentials ahead of trade war-relat... more

For the first few years of the pandemic, businesses navigated a backed-up global supply ch... more

Fear of unemployment jumped 4.6 percentage points to 44% in March, according to a New York... more

Just like some people fudge the numbers to lower their taxes, some companies do the same w... more

Stocks aren’t the only assets in the financial markets that were beat up this week by Pres... more

We’ve said it more than once lately: This economy is defined by uncertainty. And as Presid... more

The issuance of corporate bonds has slowed to a crawl, thanks to all that uncertainty in t... more

Import levies on Chinese goods amount to 54% right now. But some things that China excels ... more

Tariff-driven inflation will hit Americans with the lowest incomes the hardest, slashing t... more

Uncertainty about tariffs and trade policy has been top of mind since President Donald Tru... more

Corporate dealmakers hoped merger and acquisition ventures would heat up this year. But th... more

People feel richer — and spend accordingly — when their assets rise in value. That’s calle... more

Just how expensive has homeownership become? To afford a typical home, households need an ... more

Consumers say they’re fed up with inflation, then they keep spending. But their behavior c... more

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2024, the Bureau of E... more

More tariffs are on the way, this time targeting vehicle imports. President Donald Trump f... more

The latest reading marks the fourth straight month of declining consumer confidence, and i... more

The Donald Trump administration wants to strengthen U.S. manufacturing with tariffs on imp... more

We’re tackling a “mysterious and important” question in today’s episode: Should Congress u... more

More tariffs are set to take effect April 2, and in most cases, American consumers and bus... more

Federal Reserve policymakers aren’t cutting interest rates right now, though they expect t... more

“Recession” recently peaked on Google Trends — a sure sign Americans are sweating the poss... more