Economy

Stocks dropped and bond yields rose as investors digested a tough reality of slowing GDP growth and stubbornly high inflation.

World leaders are negotiating a treaty to end plastic pollution, and the US is under pressure to step up.

A wave of retiring baby boomers means the generation will soon reach "peak burden" on the US economy, economists say.

The US economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.6% in the first three months of the year, badly lagging expectations of 2.4%.

"It looks a little bit more like the '70s to me, and I point out to a lot of people, things looked pretty rosy in 1972 — they were not rosy in 1973."

The US economy began 2024 with cooler growth than the forecast. In the first quarter of this year, real GDP rose at an annualized rate of 1.6%.

The recently approved US aid to Ukraine could help create American jobs. Here are some of the cities that may benefit.

Cherie Tobias, 48, can't afford groceries but doesn't qualify for government assistance.

It paid off nicely to dump stocks nearly a year before the dot-com and housing bubbles burst, B. Riley's Paul Dietrich said.

US solar companies accused Chinese firms in Southeast Asia of dumping cheap solar panels on the market. They want Biden to take action.

It turns out that, after killing off brands and choosing avocado toast over homeownership, millennials are getting wealthy.

JPMorgan's CEO warned of sticky inflation, rising interest rates, a recession, and global turmoil, while panning crypto's lack of progress.

American's newest entrepreneurs are increasingly likely to be women, immigrants, living in the South, and doing their business as a side hustle.

China's economy struggles to consume all it's producing, exporting the most steel since 2016 amid a real-estate slump.

Some Houston residents are set to start getting $500 a month in basic income for housing and groceries — if Texas Republicans don't shut it down.

Retirements are getting longer, and being comfortable after you stop working means beating inflation by 2 percentage points, say UBS strategists.

The inverted yield curve has predicted every recession since 1955, and this time won't be different, Paul Dietrich said.

Companies and workers are rethinking job benefits, with a growing focus on non-traditional perks like housing and commute assistance.

Business Insider ranked fast-growing and high-paying jobs and listed the typical level of education required for each of the top 20.

The comments come as the West has stepped up criticism of China's dumping of cheap green products on the global markets.