The president insists conflict with Iran will be brief, but world leaders are preparing for severe economic blowback.

President Trump is facing an economic squeeze as the Iran war drives up oil prices and the U.S. job market sputters. Friday ...

The report also underscores an odd aspect of the U.S. economy: It is growing steadily, but without creating many jobs. Growth ...

Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China's legislature outline top priorities that have different ...

The US economy grew at a much slower pace in the final months of 2025 as the historic government shutdown weighed on economic activity, ending a year that saw the weakest growth since the pandemic.

Depending upon the selected set of goods and services used, multiple types of inflation values are calculated and tracked as ...

Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the last quarter of the year, hit by the effects of the government shutdown.

For more than a century, economists have tried to reduce economics to a series of mathematical equations and statistical ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

The report also underscores an odd aspect of the U.S. economy: It is growing steadily, but without creating many jobs. Growth was a fairly healthy 2.2% in 2025, yet a government report last week ...