Ben Casselman

Voters feel slightly better about the economy as inflation recedes, but partisan divides remain deep, a Times/Siena poll found.

Four years after the pandemic began, American employers have reached a new hybrid-work status quo.

Traders are closely watching once-obscure economic data, prompting more scrutiny of how widely the government distributes the information.

It will be difficult for the Federal Reserve to rein in inflation fully if shelter costs continue to run hot.

The Federal Reserve is likely to wait longer than initially expected to cut interest rates given stubborn inflation readings in recent months, the central bank's top two officials said Tuesday.

Firms like Experian and TransUnion say it is time for “buy now, pay later” loans to appear on consumer credit reports. The lenders aren’t ready to sign on.

The US economy continued to grow early this year, but at a sharply slower rate as strong consumer spending was offset by higher prices and pockets of weakness in other sectors.

Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, increased at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year.

The U.S. economy remained resilient early this year, with a strong job market fueling robust consumer spending. The trouble is that inflation was resilient, too.