Key economic data was not gathered during the U.S. government shut down — casting a fog of uncertainty over the state of the U.S. economy at a crucial time. The Canada-U.S. trade war has dragged on and the tariffs have begun to bite,

The U.S. economy slowed in its latest quarter but performed much better than forecasters expected, boosting optimism about the nation's prospects for averting a recession. Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, grew at a 3.3% annual rate over the ...

(Bloomberg) — A string of recent US data showing resurgent inflation and slowing activity is stoking fears the world’s biggest economy could be heading toward a period of stagflation. Consumer spending fell by the most in nearly four years in January ...

Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recession. Since mid-summer, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, a benchmark ...

President Trump signed legislation Wednesday evening to end the federal shutdown after a record-long 43-day stoppage. Government employees began resuming work Thursday, though a full recovery from the stoppage is expected to take some time.

The stock market is doing great, but when one looks beyond just the record gains there are warning signs that there could be trouble should stocks tumble. Americans are pumping their money into the stock market like never before as Wall Street continues to ...

"That's a sign that this economy is not as robust as any of us would like it,'' Mr Bush said in a speech to a friendly audience at a high-technology firm in Saint Louis. The president, who gets poor marks from the US public for his handling of the economy ...