The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) nosedived after President Donald Trump unveiled a surprisingly severe slate of tariffs on April 2, a date he dubbed "Liberation Day." The benchmark index shed more than ...

Despite a rough patch in the earlier part of the year in response to the Trump administration's tariff plan, it has been a ...

Despite a short-term bull-market rally, unprecedented declines in shipping and trucking volumes signal a high risk of recession and further stock market declines, potentially worse than the Great ...

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.

Discover what a "soft landing" means in economics, its historical significance, how central banks aim to achieve it, and its impact on inflation and economic growth.

The Federal Reserve's recent rate cut may signal a big move in the stock market, but there's more to the story.

WASHINGTON -- Breaking out of the doldrums, the economy grew in the first quarter at a 5.8 percent annual rate, its strongest performance in more than two years and proof positive that last year's ...

"It’s the return of Goldilocks for global equities," says an HSBC strategy team led by Alastair Pinder. The U.S. August nonfarm payrolls report saw weak jobs number but unemployment stayed low and ...

"History is going to say that the black middle class was decimated" over the past few years, Wiley says. "But we're not done writing history." Last April, black male unemployment hit the highest rate ...