US economy

WASHINGTON—Following a record downturn, the U.S. economy expanded by 7.4 percent over the prior quarter and at a 33.1 percent annual rate, posting the strongest recovery in recorded history. The ...

The Department of Commerce announced Oct. 29 that U.S. economic output in the third quarter grew by 33.1 ...

The U.S. economy added 661,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell to 7.9 percent, from 8.4 ...

A series of bonds issued by the Qing government a century ago are once again questioning the legitimacy ...

Near-real-time economic models at the Federal Reserve banks in New York and Atlanta predict the U.S. economy will ...

The U.S. economy suffered a historic collapse in the second quarter of this year, with Commerce Department figures ...

WASHINGTON—The economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns is finally starting to show signs of bottoming out. Many forecasters ...

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said that, as America's economy opens up, output in the third quarter ...

The number of confirmed CCP virus cases reached over 40,000 in the U.S. and 100 people died in ...

News Analysis Amid the disruptions of the global COVID-19 pandemic, China is seizing the opportunity to “leapfrog” the ...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers Wednesday that he believed the novel coronavirus would have a limited impact ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared nearly 1,300 points, or 5 percent, Monday as stocks roared back from ...

Commentary With the 2020 election season officially upon us, the Democratic candidates are all keen to distinguish themselves ...

Commentary It seems like a long time ago now, but last month, just before the dawning of the ...

Commentary HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—The first time Mee Cee Baker went to the Pennsylvania Farm Show, she was a 12-year-old ...

Commentary President Donald Trump rightly points out the economy-wide savings from his deregulation initiatives. But one federal agency ...

WASHINGTON—Boeing's halt to production of its troubled 737 Max airliner beginning last month is having an effect on ...

The U.S. economy maintained a steady pace of growth in the fourth quarter of 2019, with newly released ...

Commentary At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, President Donald Trump again talked positively about ...

Commentary As Democrats frantically and feverishly work to convince the public Donald Trump deserves to be impeached, America’s ...

Commentary Almost all of us know (because President Donald Trump boasts of it in nearly every speech) that ...

Commentary We’re living in amazing times. That’s not just a cliché; it’s absolutely true. It’s no secret that ...

Commentary Who would’ve have thought that managing a fast food restaurant could pay $100,000 a year? Well, that’s ...

Commentary For the gaggle of Democratic challengers in the 2020 presidential campaign, nothing is more inconvenient than President ...

New orders for U.S. made goods rose in October after two straight monthly declines, an indication that the ...

U.S. economic growth picked up slightly in the third quarter, rather than slowing as initially reported.

Economists are worried about reports that the Trump administration’s consideration of rolling back tariffs in the U.S.-China trade ...