Category: Finance

Bill Beach said the president’s suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers are…

The General Services Administration, which oversees government contracting, is leading a review of more than 20,000 consulting agreements for what…

The crowded contest in the Garden State shows how hard it is to address pocketbook issues.

Earlier, Buffett warned Saturday about the dire global consequences of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Following its latest round of focus groups, Navigator Research is urging Democrats to proactively push their own economic policies.

Trump’s winning issue is becoming one of his biggest liabilities as multiple polls this week reveal growing disapproval numbers on…

Recent polls showed Americans were wary of tariffs, even before the president launched his plan to realign the global trade…

The president’s sweeping tariff plan has thrown markets into chaos and risks sparking a global trade war.

He also said he isn’t worried about stock market turbulence, following the worst week in the market in two years.

Such challenges are the backdrop to the annual session of China’s parliament.

Joe Biden’s top economic adviser opens up on harrowing moments from her time in the White House, and what makes…

“Steve will work with the rest of my Economic Team to deliver a Great Economic Boom that lifts up all…

Five weeks after the election, the president took his sharpest swing at Trump’s policy plans.

A pair of POLITICO|Morning Consult polls, one conducted in the final days of the election and the other conducted after…

The final paid messages: Economy, culture wars and character.

Harris has ratcheted up her warnings about the dangers of a second Trump term in recent weeks.

The Democratic nominee isn’t campaigning much on the Biden administration’s bigger, slower-moving policies.

It was her first solo interview with a national network as the Democratic presidential nominee.

Interest rate cut “is not a declaration of victory, it’s a declaration of progress.”

The move signals that the central bank is growing nervous about the declining labor market.

Biden is determined to convince a skeptical public that he strengthened the economy.

He was Trump’s policy whisperer to key voting blocs. Now, he’s fueling rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are eating…

Proposals focused on election policies, minimum wage increases and marijuana legalization will be voted on in multiple states.

Trump arrived in New York amid growing concerns among some investors about his economic plans as Harris casts his agenda…

This summer’s conventions featured strongly diverging visions of the future — and the present.

Vance’s rally Tuesday was the first of a series of events in Rust Belt swing states that he and Trump…

The vice president is trying to shore up the affordability argument.

Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to flip the script and own an issue impacting large swaths of Americans.

The vice president’s plan aims to make housing more affordable, ease health care costs and crack down on corporations for…

The vice president makes her pitch in North Carolina, where Democrats have long hoped to flip the closely divided state.

Though hiring remains strong, voters blame President Joe Biden for persistent high prices.

The president has a compelling antimonopoly record. But he doesn’t always lean into it. And voters don’t really know of…

Friday’s government report showed that last month’s hiring gain was down sharply from the blockbuster increase of 315,000 in March.

Last month’s job growth was up from a revised gain of 229,000 jobs in January.

The president’s team thinks it’s had a historically successful first term, delivering victories on the economy, climate, drug pricing and…

Higher wages, higher growth, higher productivity. Win-win-win. There’s a chance we’re headed down that exact path, and yet, Americans don’t…

This week, the Federal Reserve took note of the economy’s durability, with Chair Jerome Powell saying “the economy is performing…

It’s a clear upward turn for Biden following a grueling period of price spikes that soured voters’ mood and damaged…

It’s an argument that recognizes the sales job Biden has tried to make about his economic needs to be more…

White House seizes on positive economic message

But 10 months out from the election, those new factory projects remain in their early stages — and have yet…

Federal Reserve declines to raise interest rates

Once upon a time, Judis and Teixeira’s The Emerging Democratic Majority was hailed for having foreseen the rising minority and…

Just 35 percent of Americans trusted Democrats more on economic issues, according to weeks of private polling presented to the…

The collective impact: a cascading set of new financial burdens that are disproportionately affecting women, young people and people of…

Still, the job market is gradually decelerating along the lines that Fed officials have wanted to see. The Fed has…