President Trump’s top economic adviser praised the Federal Reserve for making a “prudent” decision on interest rates Thursday, despite the president’s calls for a much ...

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The Fed cut its benchmark lending rate by a quarter point to a new range of 4% to 4.25%. It’s the first rate cut of President Donald Trump’s second term, following a nine-month pause prompted by the ...

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Consumer spending is a crucial part of the US economy, accounting for about two-thirds of its growth. And judging from retail ...

I foresee the gig economy maturing into something more complex: a networked labor economy where collaboration becomes the ...

The median forecast among the central bankers puts the fed funds rate at 3.6 percent by year-end, though projections span ...

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Both the “engineering state” and the “mayor economy” framings obscure the critical mechanics of China’s growth machine.

"The labor market is really cooling off," said Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who's been under unprecedented pressure to slash ...