Bank of America says the U.S. economy is holding up as consumer spending rises, even as inflation stays near a 3-year high ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...

ECONOMISTS LOVE their alphabet. They describe business cycles as L-shaped (down, then flat), U-shaped (gradually down, then up), V-shaped (the same but sharply) or W-shaped (a V with a hiccup). Since ...

A recent WalletHub study ranked all US states and Washington, DC, based on economic activity, economic health, and innovation ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy, hobbled by last fall's 43-day government shutdown, advanced at an unexpectedly sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October through December, the Commerce Department ...

The American economy is a wonder. The Economist observed that average wages in America’s poorest state, Mississippi, are higher than those in Britain, Canada and Germany. American GDP per capita now ...

Unhealthy economic imbalances have come to characterize the US economy not as single spies but in battalions. The country’s public finances are on an unsustainable path; reckless private sector and ...

In Dresden, in east Germany late last year, the final car rolled off the assembly line at Volkswagen's "Transparent Factory", built to showcase the pinnacle of European industrial power. Thousands of ...

Americans are growing more pessimistic about the US economy as the war on Iran continues to roil markets, with sentiment falling across all income groups — including the wealthiest. Consumer sentiment ...

The gap between what the numbers say and how people are feeling has only grown wider. I’m often asked to comment on the American economy—how it’s doing, where it’s going, what it will look like a ...