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With Kamala Harris, U.S. Free Trade Skepticism May Continue
The vice president has been critical of past trade deals. But her record suggests she could push for trade measures that address environmental issues.
By Ana Swanson
The vice president has been critical of past trade deals. But her record suggests she could push for trade measures that address environmental issues.
By Ana Swanson
The Personal Consumption Expenditures Index climbed 2.5 percent, still more than the Fed’s 2 percent target, as price increases take time to come down.
By Jeanna Smialek
Participation in the labor force has surged among women in their prime working years. But for those with children under 5, the gains may have peaked.
By Sydney Ember
Trends already underway make for a sunny outlook over the next few years. The question is who will get to take credit.
By Jeanna Smialek
Gross domestic product rose at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the second quarter, new evidence of the economy’s resilience despite high interest rates.
By Ben Casselman
President Biden has not given his vice president an expansive economic portfolio. But she has engaged on issues of small-business lending, help for parents and more.
By Jim Tankersley, Jeanna Smialek and Ana Swanson
Community banks are big commercial real-estate lenders. But they say their loans are to sturdy local businesses, not those facing vacant office space.
By Matthew Goldstein and Emily Flitter
A federal judge in Pennsylvania denied a request to delay the rule, siding with the agency and diverging from another court’s decision this month.
By Danielle Kaye
Much of President Biden’s agenda polls well, but voters roundly dislike his handling of the economy. That’s a campaign challenge for his vice president, as she mounts a presidential bid.
By Jim Tankersley
The East Solano Plan, a proposal for a walkable urban community in a rural corner of the San Francisco Bay Area, stoked tension, fear and mistrust among some neighbors.
By Conor Dougherty
As a presidential candidate in the past, the former California senator pushed for higher taxes and bigger housing investments.
By Alan Rappeport
Antitrust cases contend that use of RealPage’s algorithm, which lets property owners share private data, amounts to collusion.
By Danielle Kaye
A proposal to make landlords’ tax breaks contingent on rent limits has drawn industry pushback, progressive applause and some alternative approaches.
By Talmon Joseph Smith
The sudden popularity of exempting tips from taxes is a reminder of the improvisational nature of economic policymaking under Donald Trump.
By Andrew Duehren
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Ford, General Motors and other automakers are slowing investments in electric vehicles and doubling down on more profitable gasoline cars and trucks.
By Neal E. Boudette
Some Republicans want to use revenue collected from higher duties on foreign goods to finance tax cuts. Economists say such a shift could widen the gap between the rich and the poor.
By Ana Swanson, Andrew Duehren and Luke Broadwater
Both candidates on the Republican ticket have argued that the U.S. currency should be weaker to support American exports.
By Alan Rappeport
The tech community, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI, has funded programs that give people unconditional cash. Some say it’s time to scale up.
By David Streitfeld
The International Monetary Fund warned that inflation remained stubbornly high and that protectionism posed a risk to the global economic outlook.
By Alan Rappeport
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, avoided signaling when the Fed would cut rates at a time when some economists are wondering why officials would wait.
By Jeanna Smialek
As inflation worries dominate, the Biden administration is struggling to take credit for infrastructure and industrial policy in the battleground state.
By Jeanna Smialek and Alan Rappeport
The Republican Party is rejecting elite economic ideas in a bid for blue-collar votes, abandoning long-held free-market principles in the process.
By Jeanna Smialek and Ana Swanson
The Biden administration declined to pursue a union complaint of labor abuses in Mexico, raising new concerns about offshoring.
By Noam Scheiber
After a yearlong inquiry, the Federal Trade Commission warned brands not to gag their small business operators or charge them extra fees.
By Lydia DePillis
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Fiscal hawks are lamenting the transformation of the party that claimed to prize fiscal restraint and are warning of dire economic consequences.
By Alan Rappeport
Laws targeting gender-affirming care have uprooted thousands. But places that are more supportive can also be more expensive.
By Lydia DePillis
The measure aims to close a loophole that officials said allowed metals made partly in China to come into the United States duty free.
By Ana Swanson
A court-appointed monitor said he was looking into allegations that a union official was punished for resisting actions that would have benefited the union president’s partner and her sister.
By Noam Scheiber
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, delivered optimistic remarks to Senators as inflation and the job market slow gently.
By Jeanna Smialek
A report says new approaches and increased spending are needed to ensure that government statistics remain dependable and free of political influence.
By Ben Casselman
Climate change is driving rates higher, but not always in areas with the greatest risk.
By Christopher Flavelle and Mira Rojanasakul
Treasury officials want to impose penalties on tankers that help Russian oil evade sanctions. White House aides worry that risks making gasoline more expensive.
By Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport
Markets are expecting the Federal Reserve to make roughly two reductions of a quarter-point each this year.
By Joe Rennison and Danielle Kaye
Federal Reserve policymakers are watching for any sign that the labor market is weakening abruptly, which might prod them to cut rates sooner.
By Jeanna Smialek
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A gain of 206,000 in June exceeded forecasts. Hiring was concentrated in a few parts of the economy, however, and unemployment rose to 4.1 percent.
By Talmon Joseph Smith
Donald J. Trump slapped tariffs on trading partners and cut taxes in his first term. But after inflation’s return, a repeat playbook would be riskier.
By Jeanna Smialek
Owners of some rental buildings are starting to struggle because of rising interest rates and waning demand in some once booming Sun Belt cities.
By Joe Rennison and Julie Creswell
The gulf between higher- and lower-income consumers has been widening for years, but it is expected to show up especially clearly in travel this season.
By Jeanna Smialek
High interest rates, economic uncertainty and a cyberattack appear to have dampened sales in the three months through June.
By Neal E. Boudette and Jack Ewing
Los Angeles lifted restrictions that had forced street vendors, mostly immigrants, on Hollywood Boulevard to dodge citations. Other challenges remain.
By Kurtis Lee, Ana Facio-Krajcer and Adam Perez
The economy appears to be downshifting and price gains are moderating, as Federal Reserve officials creep closer to beating inflation.
By Jeanna Smialek
The former president’s past tariffs raised prices for consumers and businesses, economists say. His next plan could tax 10 times as many imports.
By Ana Swanson and Alan Rappeport
What you need to know about the economy before Thursday’s showdown between President Biden and Donald J. Trump.
By Jeanna Smialek
As the presidential election approaches, politicians are focused on who is to blame for price increases. How did we get here?
By Jeanna Smialek, Karl Russell and Lazaro Gamio
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Corporate executives complain about some of President Biden’s policies, along with his rhetoric. But so far they have not abandoned him en masse.
By Ben Casselman, Jim Tankersley, Sydney Ember and Theodore Schleifer
We fact-checked claims about inflation, jobs and tax policy from both presidential candidates.
By Linda Qiu
Home building in May fell to its slowest pace in four years despite a supply shortage. That trend could put even greater strain on buyers.
By Danielle Kaye
Home prices have held up better than expected amid high interest rates. But that doesn’t mean the housing market is healthy.
By Ben Casselman
A narrow Supreme Court ruling left the door open for Congress to expand taxes on billionaires, but it’s not a guarantee.
By Jim Tankersley
Portfolio managers have conflicting incentives as the economic and financial risks from climate change become more apparent but remain imprecise.
By Lydia DePillis
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