Rafael Espinal, the current head of the Freelancers Union, will serve as the new director of the Mayor’s Office of Media and ...

Trump is the predictable result of the deteriorating economic conditions in the U.S. since the 1980s and the political ...

As anti-regime protests emerged across Iran, Iranian economists warn that killing protestors will not solve the country’s brewing economic crisis.

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Explore how inflation affects economic recovery, from employment rates to borrowing costs, and understand its potential ...

As President Donald Trump piled on new tariffs last year, many economists quickly warned that prices and unemployment would ...

In a serious challenge to Iran’s authoritarian government, angry protests have spread from the markets and universities of ...

The pandemic brought rural America manufacturing jobs, new residents and federal support. Policy reversals are erasing all of ...

As we approach 2026, the NPR Politics Podcast is taking a look back at the year that was in different political areas. Today, we look at President Trump's handling of the economy, including his tariff ...

The unemployment rate remains low but rose to its highest level since 2021. The federal government released two major economic reports this week, easing a backlog of data pent up by the 43-day ...

In statistical terms, the coming year will offer a multi-modal distribution of possibilities: a plausible path of robust, AI-led growth sits in the middle, flanked by a productivity miracle on one ...