President Donald Trump is on the verge of hitting America’s three biggest trading partners with sweeping tariffs, a far more aggressive use of his favorite economic weapon than anything he did during his first term.

An Emerson College poll shows the top issues for voters include the economy, immigration, threats to democracy and more.

U.S. economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as a strike at Boeing depressed business investment in equipment, but consumer spending increased at its fastest pace in nearly two years, underscoring strong domestic demand that probably keeps the Federal Reserve on a slow interest rate cut path this year.

Americans’ economic confidence has slipped overall in recent months, but with partisan differences: Republicans are viewing it more positively, while the outlook among

The U.S. economy expanded throughout 2024, but growth slowed in the last three months of the year as businesses pulled back on investments and exported fewer goods overseas.

The German economy has shrunk for two years in a row, will stagnate in 2025, and hardly grow thereafter. Faced with deep-seated structural challenges, Europe’s powerhouse is in an economic existential crisis.

At the World Economic Forum, President Trump's return to the White House overshadowed traditional talk on climate change, trade and development.

The German government slashed its gross domestic product expectations Wednesday, saying it was now forecasting just 0.3% growth in 2025.

Presidential elections are a big deal. They reinforce the policies of the current administration or bring in a completely different management team.

Auto industry jobs have long been the lifeblood of the German town of Luedenscheid but now, a trade union official says, the sector's woes have sparked fears it will turn into an "open-air industrial museum".

Europe’s economy stagnated late last year as its former growth engine, Germany, finished a second straight year of shrinking output.

BERLIN — The German government on Wednesday slashed its 2025 growth forecast for the country's economy, Europe's biggest, to just 0.3% after it shrank for two consecutive years. The new ...