If he takes office, a trade war, higher prices, labor shortages, a gaping deficit, and a showdown between the White House and the Fed all seem highly likely.
Efforts to crack down on the border have clouded the larger immigration issue in ways often too nuanced to break down cleanly along ideological lines.
The dollar climbed on Monday and cryptocurrency bitcoin hit a three-month high as a rise in U.S. bond yields and the looming Presidential election continued to impact markets.
With only weeks before the November 5 election, here's how top economists assess the health of the U.S. economy.
The global economy is heading toward year end with unexpected tailwinds as slowing inflation clears a path for an unlikely soft landing. But while the economics side of the equation is looking up, political hurdles lie ahead.
The brightest minds explore the issue at every level, from the levers that control inflation to the best way to achieve work-life balance.
Taxing unrealized capital gains on the country's richest people is "an economy killer, Kamala knows that," billionaire Mark Cuban said this weekend.
The Arizona economy is flourishing by many measures. It just doesn't feel that way for many voters in the presidential battleground state as they consider which candidate to vote for in next month’s election.
Voters remain largely divided over whether they prefer Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris to handle key economic issues, although Harris earns slightly better marks on elements such as taxes for the middle class.
In the remote Nevada desert, Janille and Tom Baker’s hay ranch couldn’t survive without immigrant guest workers who come every year from Mexico
When I look at my monthly stock market account, I am pleased. When I go to a restaurant, I see smaller crowds. When I go to the grocery store, I sometimes cringe,” said Broomfield