Bessent says US housing market in 'recession' due to Federal Reserve interest rate policies

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. housing market is in a recession due to high interest rates, and repeated his ...

US economy at risk of wobble as lower-income consumers get squeezed

The U.S. consumer's durability as a prop for the economy may be tested in coming weeks as family budgets, particularly among ...

Scott Bessent Issues Recession Warning Over Housing Market

Demand has shrunk in recent months because of ongoing affordability issues keeping homebuyers to the sidelines of the market, ...

AI Now Accounts for a Third of US Market Value—What That Means For The Economy

Key Takeaways The U.S. economy has grown increasingly concentrated in AI, with the biggest tech companies now making up about ...

Economy growing at 'moderate pace,' Fed says, but weaker labor market justifies rate cut

The Fed on Wednesday said the economy "has been expanding at a moderate pace," but it also said the risks of rising ...

Immigration policy leaves economists struggling to decipher labour market

An influential paper by economists at the American Enterprise Institute and Brookings Institution estimates that somewhere ...

CBS News poll finds negativity on economy, job market and concerns about AI's impact

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ...
CNN

There may not be a jobs report at all this week — so economists are homing in on this data instead

In what could be the last piece of federal jobs data released this week if the government shuts down, a new report Tuesday showed that the number of available roles remains low for the year, a sign ...
Seeking Alpha

The Growing Divergence Between The Market And Economy

I could not be more pleased with how well the stock market has performed over the past three months. Considering I have minimal exposure to the technology sector, the recent improvement in breadth has ...
Investopedia

When Experts Say 'The Stock Market Is Not the Economy,' What Do They Mean?

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...
THE WEEK

What is the job market's future after Trump's tariffs?

The job market was much healthier than expected in March, but some economic analysts are worried that the cascading effect of President Donald Trump's blanket tariffs could push hiring in the other ...