U.S. stocks open lower, with the S&P 500 off Wednesday's record high. Walmart's weaker outlook and tariff uncertainty weigh ...

Tariffs act like a sales tax, increasing production costs and reducing consumer spending. Read why monitoring leading indicators of consumer spending is crucial.

U.S. producer prices increased solidly in January, offering more evidence inflation was picking up again and strengthening ...

Trump's plan to pursue reciprocal tariffs on all countries would drive up inflation if fully carried through, economists say.

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on an array of trading partners, including Mexico, Canada, Europe, Colombia and India. He has instituted a 10 percent tariff on ...

In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and ...

BEIJING -- While insufficient domestic demand remains a challenge, China has seen its consumption sector, a key driver of ...

Easing inflation has opened the door for the Reserve Bank of Australia to begin an anticipated brief series of interest rate ...

There is a slew of catalysts lifting the broader market higher ... But based on a recent analysis conducted by Liberty Street Economics (Do Import Tariffs Protect U.S. Firms?), ...

A trade deficit occurs when a country imports more goods than it exports to another ... several economic consequences typically follow: Free market economics suggests that trade flows naturally ...

Given that the trade picture, and other policy positions and maneuvers, were changing nearly by the minute on Feb. 3 and 4, ...