President Donald Trump promised during the 2024 campaign to turbocharge the economy, declaring he'd work a "miracle" that would bring about "extraordinary" boom times. Rallying in Grand Rapids ...

WSJ Heard on the Street editor Aaron Back explains why investors are alarmed by President Trump’s rhetoric on the economy and trade. Photo: Josephine Chu American consumers and their credit ...

Over the past two years, the notion that the U.S. economy and its stock market was outperforming the rest of the advanced world gained salience and came to be widely interpreted as a new form of ...

The Trump administration’s dizzying back-and-forth on tariffs is paralyzing America’s small businesses as they grow worried about the US economy’s future. The National Federation of ...

"Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again," he said at a rally in Montana, where he told supporters: "This election is about saving our economy." A week later ...

TOKYO—The Japanese economy grew at a slower pace than initially estimated in the October-December period, sending an unwelcome sign of fragility as the trade outlook darkens. Japan’s real ...

While those declines set off alarm bells, 2022 was a year of transition as the economy sought to recover from the sharp and sudden downturn caused by the global pandemic. Imbalances in trade and ...

The U.S. will enter a recession within a few months ... He wrote that the insulation that household excess savings had in the economy a few years ago has worn out, with credit card, auto loan ...

President Donald Trump declined to explicitly rule out a full-blown recession for the U.S. economy this year ... raised the expectations of a recession within the next 12 months to 20%, while ...

Cracks are forming in the economy’s foundation ... Tariffs — particularly the on-again, off-again nature of Trump’s dictates — are sowing confusion for businesses, consumers and investors ...

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And if many businesses find themselves in the same position, over-all capital expenditures, also known as capex, can be hit, “driving the economy into a period of reduced output.” Working with ...