Economy

With new U.S. economic numbers highlighting the rough road ahead for a hoped-for rebound, President Donald Trump took aim at the World Health Organization and China, blaming both for their roles in the pandemic’s devastation

The stock market erased an early drop and ended mixed, capping a strong week and month

Roughly 2.1 million Americans lost their jobs last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after Wall Street’s rally petered out amid worries about flaring U.S.-China tensions

The coronavirus pandemic has caused consumer spending, the economy’s key driver, to plummet across the country as Americans struggle through a recession. But some states are recovering more quickly than others. Statewide stay-at-home orders first froze the economy in mid March. For that month, the Commerce Department said consumer spending fell 7.5%, the sharpest monthly drop on records that go…

Asian stocks are mixed after an upbeat open, as investors pin their hopes on an economic rebound from the coronavirus crisis

Wall Street is closing higher as hopes for economic recovery overshadow worries over the coronavirus pandemic

President Donald Trump has a new pitch to voters for this fall. He’s asking them to trust him when it comes to an economic recovery. The coronoavirus pandemic has put more than 38 million people out of work in the United States, and Trump is increasingly talking up a future recovery that probably won’t materialize until after the November...

A new surge of coronavirus infections is ravaging parts of Latin America

Wall Street shook off a weak start and ended a wobbly day mostly higher, extending its gains for the week

Shares are slipping in Asia as tensions flare between the U.S. and China and as more job losses add to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic

The U.S. government says the number of Americans thrown out of a job since the coronavirus crisis struck two months ago has climbed to nearly 39 million

U.S. farmers leaned more heavily upon the federal government last year to finance their agricultural operations amid low commodity prices and trade disputes

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose amid Chinese trade tension with Washington and Australia

Victoria’s Secret parent company L Brands reported Wednesday its third straight quarterly loss and fourth consecutive drop in sales, as its stores were forced shut for most of the period due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As nations around the world loosen coronavirus restrictions, people are discovering that “the new normal” is anything but.

Asian shares are mixed as market players waffle between hopes for recovery as economies gradually reopen and worries over the havoc wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday, directing federal agencies to review the business regulations which were suspended during the pandemic and assess which could be permanently eliminated.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will likely come under tough questioning from senators Tuesday about a small business lending program included in the government’s $2 trillion relief package.

American autoworkers are getting back to work and Europe is continuing to reopen.