Recent reports suggest the president may have only a thin buffer to rely on if a prolonged conflict starts to weaken growth and spur inflation.

I don’t expect it to change because of the latest disappointing numbers on jobs, fluctuations in the gross domestic product ...

The U.S. economy was in worse shape in the weeks before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran than earlier ...

The report also underscores an odd aspect of the U.S. economy: It is growing steadily, but without creating many jobs. Growth was a fairly healthy 2.2% in 2025, yet a government report last week ...

The U.S. economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the third quarter, according to the Commerce Department's estimate. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Thursday released its final reading ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy. The American economy is a consumer economy.