Economy

Michigan small business owner Michael Howard on Oct. 29, 2026 in Warren, Michigan.

Tariffs threaten a Michigan woodworker’s business — and the people who depend on it

Barnini Chakraborty · October 30, 2026 1:00 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh gestures with his hands as if in defense, as he speaks during a news conference.

WATCH LIVE: Fed Chair Kevin Warsh speaks after interest rate decision

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, in Cleveland.

Salena Zito slams Obama Cheesecake Factory joke: It’s ‘Middle America’s cup of tea’

The Social Security Administration office is seen in Mount Prospect, Ill., Oct. 12, 2022.

Social Security Administration updates millions of incorrect records

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Byron York says Trump can’t talk his way out of voters’ cost-of-living pain: ‘No president has been able to do it’

Trump administration may extend tariff exclusions granted last year

Sean Higgins October 28, 2019 9:33 pm

A screen above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the S&P 500 index, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The S&P 500 rose 16 points, or 0.6 percent, to 3,039.

S&P 500 hits record high

Melissa Quinn October 28, 2019 8:52 pm

Retailers, not consumers, facing the brunt of trade war tariffs: Study

Sean Higgins October 28, 2019 8:40 pm

This Sept. 18, 2019, photo shows the view of the U.S. Capitol building from the Washington Monument in Washington. The federal deficit for the 2019 budget year is expected to have soared to near $1 trillion, up more than $200 billion from last year and the largest such gap in seven years.

Why $1 trillion deficits during era of historically low unemployment are frightening

Philip Klein October 28, 2019 2:19 pm

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, joins striking Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU Local 73 members for a speech on the picket line outside Oscar DePriest Elementary School on the West Side, Tuesday morning, Oct. 22, 2019.

Elizabeth Warren has a plan to tax wealth, and it’s a joke

Washington Examiner October 28, 2019 1:33 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy, joined at left by Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, describes the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul, the first major revamp of the tax system in three decades, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.

Two years in, Trump tax cuts not on course to pay for themselves

Nihal Krishan October 26, 2019 4:00 am

GM workers ratify union contract, ending strike

Sean Higgins October 25, 2019 9:19 pm

US and China ‘close to finalizing’ parts of trade deal, trade representative says

Sean Higgins October 25, 2019 7:40 pm

GOP fears it’s already too late for USMCA vote this year

Sean Higgins October 25, 2019 4:00 am

child patient at the dentist

On trade, farmers willing to get tough with China

Sean Higgins October 25, 2019 3:00 am

Vice President Mike Pence speaks about the U.S.-China relationship, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, at the Wilson Center's inaugural Frederic V. Malek Public Service Leadership Lecture, in Washington.

Pence says NBA ‘acting like a wholly owned subsidiary’ of China

Sean Higgins October 24, 2019 4:23 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Washington.

Trump: Fed ‘derelict in its duties’ if it doesn’t cut rates

Melissa Quinn October 24, 2019 3:10 pm