Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

The economy in 2025 was filled with contradictions, as growth was healthy while hiring slowed, inflation stayed elevated and unemployment rose. Last year's odd outcomes raise a host of questions for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating. So what does it mean? Simply put, the ...

A note from the Trump administration on America’s red-hot, No. 1, super-awesome economy: Even though President Donald Trump has ushered in an incredible, never-before-seen Golden Age of economic ...

Despite a series of road bumps, the 2025 economy proved surprisingly steady. Americans kept spending and businesses kept investing, especially in artificial intelligence. Other bright spots for the ...

President Trump’s overall approval ratings have seen a slight uptick in recent weeks after clinching record-low numbers in November. But his approval numbers on the economy have not enjoyed the same ...

Most Americans agree: This economy stinks. Practically every consumer sentiment survey and political poll points to that theme. People feel like their dollars aren’t stretching as far as before, and ...

For many people, the economy is a simple equation: paychecks minus expenses. When it feels like our incomes are growing faster than prices, the economy is in good shape. When they’re not, it’s lousy.

The U.S. economy has been tested by a barrage of challenges in 2025, from sharply higher U.S. tariffs that drove up inflation and rattled consumer confidence, to rising unemployment amid a slowdown in ...