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
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
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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
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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
Automakers and dealers are starting to offer discounts, low-interest loans and other incentives to lure buyers as the supply of cars grows.
By Neal E. Boudette
The coronavirus pandemic schooled the world in the essential role of global supply chains. Have we learned anything from it?
By Peter S. Goodman
New research shows that people who develop dementia often begin falling behind on bills years earlier.
By Ben Casselman
The Labor Department filed a lawsuit accusing Hyundai, one of its suppliers and a staffing company of jointly employing a 13-year-old on an auto body parts assembly line in Alabama.
By Santul Nerkar
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Things look strong on paper, but many Americans remain unconvinced. We asked economic officials, the woman who coined “vibecession” and Charlamagne Tha God what they think is happening.
By Jeanna Smialek
Consumers eased up on spending in the face of rising prices and high interest rates, Commerce Department data shows.
By Ben Casselman
The Biden administration aims to better support small farmers while still aiding big operations and rewarding climate-friendly practices. It’s a tall order.
By Lydia DePillis
Skyrocketing premiums are hitting homeowners hard, but they barely factor into common price measures.
By Jeanna Smialek
Chief executives are vulnerable to the same forces buffeting their employees. Leadership is important, but so is efficiency — and cost-cutting.
By David Streitfeld
The Teamsters union has made little headway in organizing workers at Amazon and FedEx despite wage and other gains it secured at UPS last year.
By Peter Eavis
The United States and Europe are trying to catch up to a rival skilled in using all the levers of government and banking to dominate global manufacturing.
By Patricia Cohen, Keith Bradsher and Jim Tankersley
Out-of-state transplants, drawn during the pandemic by the Mountain West’s allure, have caused prices to soar and created new uncertainty in the state’s crucial Senate race.
By Kellen Browning and Louise Johns
Western economic officials projected a united front, and braced for retaliation, as they prepped tougher sanctions and tariffs.
By Alan Rappeport
The argument is the organization’s attempt to maintain the last vestiges of its amateur model and to prevent college athletes from collectively bargaining.
By Santul Nerkar
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A second Trump administration could shake up personnel and financial regulation at America’s central bank, people close to his campaign said.
By Jeanna Smialek
Federal Reserve policymakers were still willing to raise rates if the economy surprised them, notes from their most recent meeting suggested.
By Jeanna Smialek
The Federal Reserve’s 2023 survey on household financial well-being found Americans excelling in the job market but struggling with prices.
By Jeanna Smialek
The report also found that Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen bought parts from a supplier the U.S. government had singled out for its practices in Xinjiang.
By Ana Swanson and Jack Ewing
Conflicting political visions, competitive jockeying and American dominance stand in the way of a more coordinated and efficient military machine.
By Patricia Cohen and Liz Alderman
Finance ministers from the G7 nations are hoping to finalize a plan ahead of the group’s leaders meeting next month.
By Alan Rappeport
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