In sizing up how the government shutdown is hurting the economy, independent economist Ethan Harris says it's "a small ...

The US government just published an eye-popping report: Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the country's economic growth, grew at a stunning 33.1% annual rate in the third quarter. The US ...

The report says lost goods and services from furloughed workers’ downtime won’t be regained once the government reopens.

The 1971 Nixon Shock, as the tariffs, price controls and other measures the president deployed that August are known, also ...

Recent shifts in trade policy have renewed debates about tariff structures and their influence on both national and global economies. The discussion centers on current tariff rates imposed on major ...

In an era where trade has become both a political battleground and an economic bellwether, the United States' evolving tariff policy reveals much about our shifting priorities − and what might lie ...

For at least the past half century, most economists have viewed the history of slavery in the United States as morally abhorrent but economically advantageous. The argument has run that allocating ...

Autonomous vehicles could be one of the most productive innovations of all time, impacting global gross domestic product (GDP) by approximately 20% over the next decade. Weighing the potential ...