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Police check on a protester after he was pepper sprayed during a demonstration on the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration on Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017.

President Trump just outlined his top priorities for trade and the economy

June 6, 2018 at 6:28 a.m.

President Donald Trump's priorities for the dramatic economic transformation that he promised on the campaign trail began to take shape just minutes after he was sworn in Friday, with the...

Trump expected to pick former Goldman executive Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary

August 21, 2019 at 9:08 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump is planning to name investor and former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary, opting for an industry insider with no government experience to helm the...

Contractors work at a site in Washington. Between 2013 and 2015, the economy added 2.3 million middle-wage jobs.

The underreported surge in blue-collar jobs

June 10, 2018 at 7:27 a.m.

An important shift is underway in America's job market, and it hasn't gotten enough attention. In the early days of the recovery from the Great Recession, the labor market was...

Some business owners are worried the contentious presidential election will harm the economy.

Why businesses are worried about how the election will affect the economy

June 10, 2018 at 9:41 a.m.

The American economy is starting to get the election jitters. Slow sales of Red Robin's gourmet burgers prompted the chain's top executive to wonder whether this year's vitriolic presidential campaign...

The Empire State Building stands past the silhouette of a construction worker before the start of a topping-out ceremony at 10 Hudson Yards in New York on Oct. 7, 2015.

Why America’s men aren’t working

June 10, 2018 at 11:31 a.m.

The national unemployment rate has fallen by more than half since the nation emerged from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. It peaked at 10 percent in 2010...

Fed chair defends rate hike: ‘I certainly don’t regard it as a mistake.’

June 12, 2018 at 1:56 a.m.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Thursday defended the central bank's decision to begin removing its historic support for the U.S. economy last year despite weakening in global growth and...

According to estimates by CardHub.com, total outstanding credit card debt was likely to exceed $900 billion by the end of 2015, up from $872 billion the year before.

Millennials have less debt overall now than they did in 2003

June 11, 2018 at 3:25 a.m.

It's a familiar stereotype by now: College graduates so burdened by their mountain of debt that they're living in their parents' basement, unable to take the next steps into adulthood....

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will speak to Congress for the first time since raising the interest rate.

Fed Chair Yellen to testify on Hill amid growing doubts over interest rate hikes

June 9, 2018 at 1:59 a.m.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is to appear before Congress on Wednesday for the first time since raising interest rates, and investors will be scrutinizing her remarks for signs of...

The Shanghai Tower soars above its neighbors on the Pudong skyline in Shanghai, China, seen in 2013.

World’s tallest buildings may come with a curse

June 12, 2018 at 3:15 a.m.

The Shanghai Tower in China was officially crowned the second-tallest building in the world last week. The same day, as if on cue, the country's stock market had tanked. Shanghai...

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington.

The economy never seems to be as good as the Fed thinks it will be

June 15, 2018 at 8:33 a.m.

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve's top officials are meeting in Washington this week to decide whether to raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade....

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