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President Donald Trump made a passionate defense of the US economy during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Amid the constant barrage of President Donald Trump’s often-unpopular actions, it can be easy to lose sight of what probably matters most politically: the sputtering economy. It’s been Trump’s and the ...

CNN data analyst Harry Enten reported Friday that fewer Americans now cite the economy as the nation’s top problem, and that number continues to decline. Enten noted that fewer Americans are naming ...

President Donald Trump’s recent commentary on the economy is drawing plenty of comparisons to then-President Joe Biden’s. In his most dismissive remarks on the topic to date, Trump ratcheted up his ...

Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s policy decisions in recent years have exacerbated economic inequality in America, and some of the central bank’s policymakers say it’s not a problem they can ...

The Wall Street Journal, of all places, recently ran an article by one of its columnists arguing that “low taxes are becoming a problem for the economy.” The author contends that the rich “scrimp on ...

President Trump says he is going to "make America affordable again." It's a pledge he made frequently during the campaign. And now, after dropping it from his lexicon for more than eight months, he's ...

A feared recession didn’t materialize, but unemployment rose, wage growth slowed and affordability challenges are mounting. A feared recession didn’t materialize, but unemployment rose, wage growth ...

The world economy is like a supercomputer that churns through trillions of calculations of prices and quantities, and spits out information on incomes, wealth, profits, and jobs. This is effectively ...

For Hannah Szretter, the government shutdown is more than just a political fight. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The 26-year-old ...