Roger W. Ferguson Jr. is the Steven A Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. Maximilian Hippold is a research associate at CFR. Iran’s closure ...

Moody’s Mark Zandi drops a stark take on recession on the back of oil-driven economic fragility. The recent jobs report shows 92,000 lost jobs, weakening GDP, and labor-market softness since 2025. The ...

The latest jobs report showed that the US economy likely added 178,000 jobs in March, nearly triple expectations. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3%. Forecasts had it holding steady at 4.4% or even ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The US is implementing new legislation to sanction buyers of Russian oil, uranium, and ...

With employers cutting jobs and gas prices rising amid the war in Iran, Democrats see an opportunity to press their advantage. By Reid J. Epstein and Ben Casselman Reid J. Epstein covers national ...

Hyperbole aside, he’s right: America’s economy is strong. But Trump is missing the point. Affordability, not economic strength, drives voters to the polls. Most Americans don’t care a lick about GDP, ...

The conflict in the Middle East is plunging an already fragile Iranian economy into freefall. The International Monetary Fund estimates that the Iranian economy will shrink by 6.1% in 2026. The regime ...

For the past year or so, economists have remained, if not optimistic about the economy, not alarmed either. Then recently came what economists call a series of “revisions” to data reports. These were ...

About half of the country’s federal budget goes toward the fight in Ukraine, money that does little to support its long-term development. By Paul Sonne Reporting from Berlin See more of our coverage ...

India's economy grew at a faster pace than expected at 7.8% in the quarter to the end of March. The Middle East poses a severe risk to India's economy and is anticipated to hurt growth and raise ...

Shelli Brunswick is CEO & Founder of SB Global LLC and an international keynote speaker on tech used for the betterment of humanity. Most people still think of space as rockets, astronauts and distant ...

Measures of consumer sentiment have lost their usefulness as indicators of the health of the economy Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles ...