The U.S. economy has grown increasingly bifurcated, with spending largely dependent on affluent households. Companies, and ...

Upper-income Americans are doing better, while low- and moderate-income households are falling behind. Why does that matter?

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Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, on the factors shaping the U.S. economy right now, whether ...

Discover how ample liquidity and careful Fed policies are driving U.S. economic growth despite recession fears.

The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the ...

The federal government shutdown canceled a second straight jobs report, but private data sources suggest the labor market has ...

Now, as in 1992 when Bill Clinton was trying to unseat George H.W. Bush, what ails the electorate can be boiled down to a soundbite: It is, in fact, the economy, stupid.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Republican strategist Brendan Buck about the Democratic election sweep and what it reveals about voter attitudes on the economy under President Trump.

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After a difficult few years, the Australian economy has clawed its way back to what the central bank chief calls “a pretty ...