Economy

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

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

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

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

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal with business and labor leaders heading off a ballot measure to repeal the law, which has cost companies billions.

By Kurtis Lee

California officials cited failures to disclose productivity requirements at two locations. The company said it would appeal.

By Noam Scheiber

Congressional Budget Office projections released on Tuesday show a grim fiscal backdrop ahead of tax and debt limit fights.

By Alan Rappeport

An affiliation agreement between the Amazon Labor Union and the 1.3 million-member Teamsters signals an escalation in challenging the online retailer.

By Noam Scheiber

Some voters blame the American Rescue Plan for fueling price increases. But the growth it unleashed may be helping the president stay more popular than counterparts in Europe.

By Jim Tankersley and Madeleine Ngo

Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are finding widest use at big companies, but there is wide expectation that the impact will spread.

By Sydney Ember

In a blow to the National Labor Relations Board, the justices made it more difficult to order employers to reinstate fired workers.

By Noam Scheiber and Santul Nerkar

Cole Mannix, of Old Salt Co-op, is trying to change local appetites and upend an industry controlled by multibillion-dollar meatpackers.

By Susan Shain and Rebecca Stumpf

The latest data could help to restore policymakers’ conviction that inflation is in the process of returning to the Federal Reserve’s goal.

By Jeanna Smialek

Federal Reserve officials signaled that interest rates could stay higher this year as policymakers pause to ensure they’ve stamped out inflation.

By Jeanna Smialek

But rising trade barriers pose a long-term threat to global output as protectionist policies spread, the bank said.

By Alan Rappeport

The government targeted companies involved in making seafood, aluminum and footwear, citing their links to labor programs affecting Chinese minorities.

By Ana Swanson

Federal Reserve officials are expected to leave interest rates unchanged at their meeting this week. They will also release a fresh set of economic projections.

By Jeanna Smialek

The agreement, if ratified, will cover 1,600 workers making batteries for General Motors in Ohio. The union said it would be a model for efforts elsewhere.

By Neal E. Boudette

The monthly data is drawn from two surveys. This time, one was quite strong, and the other flashed warning signs.

By Ben Casselman

The latest data could add to fears that the labor market remains too hot to bring inflation fully under control.

By Ben Casselman

Hiring was unexpectedly robust in May, with a gain of 272,000 jobs, but it wasn’t all good news: The unemployment rate ticked up, to 4 percent.

By Lydia DePillis

American solar manufacturers are pushing for further protections for their new factories against cheaply priced imports from China.

By Ana Swanson and Alan Rappeport

A “competitiveness crisis” is raising alarms for officials and business leaders in the European Union, where investment, income and productivity are lagging.

By Patricia Cohen

The pandemic shopping boom led many stores and brands to widen profit margins by charging more. Now value is the watchword as shoppers grow choosier.

By Talmon Joseph Smith and Jordyn Holman