The Latest Breaking News from Economy

Just under half of the CEOs surveyed expected a recession or slowdown in the next six months.

The storied investment bank has forecast GDP growth to come in below Wall Street’s consensus for the first time in 2½ years.

Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has aggressively moved to shrink the federal government. His administration has frozen federal grants, issued executive orders aligned with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, and, most prominently, created what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

Donald Trump has downplayed the stock market volatility which followed flip-flops over his trade policies.

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are down -0.04%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.54% this morning, pointing to a higher open on Wall Street after yesterday’s dramatic selloff, while investors await the latest reading on U.S. job openings.

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.41%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.53% this morning, pointing to a higher open on Wall Street after yesterday’s dramatic selloff, while investors await the latest reading on U.S. job openings.

China is wrapping up its biggest political event of the year leaving one question unanswered: How far will it go to try to revive economic growth in 2025

Japan's has cut its estimate for its economic growth in the last quarter of the year to a 2.2% annual pace from 2.8% as consumer spending hit demand

As the economy looks set to be front and centre in the election campaign, one of the coalition's leading inflation claims has been called "a joke" by experts.