Wall Street wiped out its entire post-election rally this week as mounting interest-rate fears were stoked by a red-hot labor market, surging inflation expectations and escalating geopolitical tensions ahead of Donald Trump‘s return to the White House.

It wasn’t just inflation. There’s a good reason so many people decided they didn’t feel better off during the 2024 election, J.W. Mason writes in a guest commentary.

Democratic strategist James Carville, who coined the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid,” admitted that his predictions for the 2024 race were wrong, and that Democrats did lose because of the

New Yorkers buoyed by economic optimism under a second Trump administration are fueling a boom in plastic surgery — especially breast implants and liposuction, according to a leading Long

Turns out America's economic gloom was fueled by something far thornier than inflation: political feelings.

Coming off an unusually busy election year, Lubbock Economic Development Alliance is feeling optimistic about business development and 2025.

Stay informed on the impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and Federal Reserve rate policies on market movements and investor sentiment.

Refugees, immigration and the poor state of the economy are the top issues for German voters, according to the latest survey. Six weeks before the general election, Germany looks set for a change of power in Berlin.

Over the last few years, the US economy has consistently defied expectations for a slowdown, and 2024 was no different.

Returning from a week-long tour of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, the prime minister has asked voters not to risk a “divisive” Coalition under Dutton.

If Donald Trump enters his second presidency with any single mandate from the public, it is the expectation and demand that he undo the categorical disaster that has been Bidenomics. Trump’s prime objective is to spur economic growth and slow inflationary spending.