If he takes office, a trade war, higher prices, labor shortages, a gaping deficit, and a showdown between the White House and the Fed all seem highly likely.

With only weeks before the November 5 election, here's how top economists assess the health of the U.S. economy.

The global economy is heading toward year end with unexpected tailwinds as slowing inflation clears a path for an unlikely soft landing. But while the economics side of the equation is looking up, political hurdles lie ahead.

Efforts to crack down on the border have clouded the larger immigration issue in ways often too nuanced to break down cleanly along ideological lines.

The dollar climbed on Monday and cryptocurrency bitcoin hit a three-month high as a rise in U.S. bond yields and the looming Presidential election continued to impact markets.

In the remote Nevada desert, Janille and Tom Baker’s hay ranch couldn’t survive without immigrant guest workers who come every year from Mexico

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Emma Tucker, editor-in-chief of "The Wall Street Journal," about the paper's coverage of the 2024 presidential race.

When I look at my monthly stock market account, I am pleased. When I go to a restaurant, I see smaller crowds. When I go to the grocery store, I sometimes cringe,” said Broomfield

Harris is locked in a tight race with Trump in Arizona, the state where President Joe Biden won by the narrowest margin in the country four years ago. The top issues for Arizona voters are the economy and inflation, polls show, and those issues are part of what’s driving Trump’s narrow lead in the state.

The brightest minds explore the issue at every level, from the levers that control inflation to the best way to achieve work-life balance.

Taxing unrealized capital gains on the country's richest people is "an economy killer, Kamala knows that," billionaire Mark Cuban said this weekend.