Americans increasingly worried about economy amid shutdown
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More than 7 in 10 Americans say current economic conditions in the country are "poor" or "very poor in a new CNN/SSRS poll.
Poland and other countries across Europe that found economic success in an era of collaboration are now facing a crumbling of international alliances.
Credit loan data aligns with what some economists are calling a K-shaped economy, one where higher-income earners are spending as they usually would on discretionary purchases like travel and premium goods, while lower-income earners cut back on dining out or trading down on purchases at the grocery store.
Research from the JPMorganChase Institute points to another risk. Analysis of its in-house database of account holders showed inflation-adjusted income growth among those aged 25 to 54, a key consumer demographic, had slipped from around 3% annually to 2%, on par with the sluggish rate after the 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession.
U.S. economists may be barely holding on by their fingernails over the current state of the American economy, but strangely, consumers don’t seem to care. Here’s why.
For those on the upper arm, things are going well. The top 10% of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all consumer spending, buoyed by record stock market highs. Hourly pay is now rising fastest for the highest earners, reversing a pandemic-era trend that favored the lowest-paid workers, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
A sweeping new survey of 3,000 registered Latino voters across the country finds that economic anxiety continues to dominate the political mood heading into the 2026 midterm elections, with cost of living,
History has shown that the economy typically rebounds from a shutdown within a couple of months. But each day it drags on brings a greater risk that the economy won’t just bend, it will start to break — and rupture livelihoods in the process,
Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday the economy has turned a corner as risks related to geopolitics and corporate governance have been easing, which has boosted the local Kospi stock index beyond the 4,
Trump’s overall approval rating sits at 43%, while just 34% of registered voters say he has “lived up” to expectations on the economy, 33% say he has “looked out for the middle class” and 30% say he met expectations on inflation, according to a new NBC News poll released Sunday.