Warnings about America's swelling debt load have shifted from dry budget talk to urgent alarm, with Elon Musk casting it as a ...

The economy remained on track this year, defying the gloomiest predictions. That doesn't mean Americans are thrilled with how ...

The U.S. stock market is closing the books on a third straight year of double-digit percentage gains. A fourth stellar year ...

The US economy beat expectations to grow at 4.3% in the July-September quarter, but the real state of the economy is ...

The U.S. economy continues to power through the trade and immigration shocks of 2025, defying widespread expectations of a slowdown or even a recession and blowing past other developed countries.

The third possibility is the most intriguing: Both data sets are broadly correct. G.D.P. really is booming — but it is being ...

The world faces unresolved conflicts, growing climate crises, attacks on aid workers, two famines, and diminishing political will—along with significant aid cuts. Altogether, 2025 has earned a grim ...