Economists are generally optimistic about the economy, but the public hasn't hated it this much in more than a decade—these charts show why.

Despite GDP growth and stock market gains, the majority of Americans continue to feel the other side of the "polarized" ...

People are talking about America’s “K-shaped economy,” so named because charts show different sectors’ fortunes diverging like the two arms of that letter. Recently, for example, data services firm ...

Americans are living through a strange economic split screen: headline data point to strength, yet public mood has turned sharply darker and more anxious. I see that gap not as a mystery of "vibes" ...

• The latest snapshot of the US labor market showed an unexpected rebound of 119,000 jobs in September but a loss for August and a lower total for July. The report was originally scheduled for October ...

“I THINK 2026 can be a very good year.” What could be a slurred festive toast is in fact the cheerful forecast of Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary, who expects the calendar’s turn to herald ...

When describing the health of the US economy, there is a temptation among economists, market analysts, and politicians to argue that the only true picture of our current situation is a sweeping ...

An objective look at available data supports realistic expectations for a surging economy, if not an economic boom going ...