Official data shows steady growth and low unemployment, but misses how rising costs have left many Americans behind.

The K-shaped economy is an ongoing economic bifurcation; its upper branch comprises wealthier people who continue to increase their existing fortunes. Simultaneously, those in the wage-dependent lower ...

Roger W. Ferguson Jr. is the Steven A Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. Maximilian Hippold is a research associate at CFR. Iran’s closure ...

The U.S. stock market boomed in the first half of 2026, building on recent years of strength. Meanwhile, economic growth has been more muted. Artificial intelligence is the main reason for the ...

Scan the topline numbers of this month’s jobs report, and you’ll wind up with two wildly different impressions. The first – that the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July – is bad news. We expected a gain ...

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India's economy grew at a faster pace than expected at 7.8% in the quarter to the end of March. The Middle East poses a severe risk to India's economy and is anticipated to hurt growth and raise ...

The US economy picked up steam in the beginning of the year as the United States and Israel launched a destabilizing war with Iran that has jacked up prices and is still ongoing. Gross domestic ...

When Hilton Worldwide CEO Christopher Nassetta introduced the term "C-shaped economy" during the company's latest earnings call, he added a new phrase to Wall Street's growing list of alphabet-themed ...

At a time when many Americans remain stressed about affordability, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared that the U.S. economy is no longer in a "K shape," a term used to describe increasing ...