In April, Americans’ optimism about the stock market dropped sharply amid global market volatility triggered by President ...

As stock market investors support economic sentiment, some economists wonder if a looser labor market could pull the rug out. The University of Michigan's widely-followed consumer sentiment ...

A recent string of high-profile layoffs have taken up headlines and caused anxiety in the workforce. Companies announced 153,074 layoffs in October, adding up to 1.1 million cut announcements for the ...

Do these two November metrics—a falling stock market and a falling approval rating for Trump—measure a single phenomenon? It’s complicated. I’m on record predicting a stock market crash and ...

How can an economy continue to grow at an above-trend growth rate with consumer confidence plummeting to a 14-year low? Record amounts of financial market wealth are fueling enough spending from ...

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From jobs to housing to grocery prices, the U.S. economy has been weakening for months. But the stock market is telling a different story, thanks to a handful of companies called the Magnificent 7 ...

The health-care sector has powered job growth in the U.S. economy in 2025. That's largely because baby boomers are hurtling into their retirement years, boosting health-care demand since older ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell outlined how the central bank is viewing the labor market after it cut interest rates last week for the third straight time, with a fresh jobs report due out on ...

Even with the recent market pullback, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) remains 12.5% higher on the year. The recent pullback represents only a -3.97% decline from the high reached on October 28. Based on ...