Several economist have said a recession in 2025 is likely, while others argue there are still strong economic indicators.

Participants at the I.M.F and World Bank meetings this week reckoned with the prospect that the U.S. safe haven could lose ...

Ignore it at your peril—and at your loss. Chart: The Economist Demography is one cause. It is well known that in the developed world the number of people of working age (roughly defined as those ...

The man behind the president’s tumultuous tariff policies has sought for decades to set off the ultimate trade war with China ...

Donald Trump's tariffs are benefiting rich elites at the expense of the majority of the population, argues economist Michael ...

This week on Beyond Talking Points, host Abby McCloskey talks with Pia Orrenius, a labor economist at the Federal Reserve ...

As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund leaders gather in Trump's Washington, they face a growing trade war that ...

Trump’s policies reflect a transformation of the global trade and capital regime that had already started. One way or another ...

The outlook for U.S. and global economies has significantly worsened in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

President Donald Trump's net approval rating dipped to -13 percentage points in a new poll by The Economist/YouGov. The poll surveying 1,625 U.S. adults from April 19-22 found 41% of respondents ...

Read what The Economist thought about the fall of Saigon in 1975 In 1954 America was at peak self-confidence. The second world war wreaked devastation, but America had emerged as a geopolitical ...

China led an informal U.N. Security Council meeting in which it accused the U.S. of using tariff policies to "bully" other ...