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Pete Hegseth speaks behind a podium as Donald Trump watches behind him.
Mark Zandi warns recession odds are creeping toward 50%, and the Iran war could launch us into economic turmoil by midyear

As oil steadily climbs above $100 per barrel and Iran rejects a U.S. peace proposal, Moody’s chief economist says recession odds are only getting worse.

By Sasha RogelbergMarch 25, 2026
People on a breakwater backdropped by commercial vessels anchored in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, on March 22, 2026 in Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Trump wrote the tariff playbook. Now Iran is using it on the world’s most important oil route.
By Eva RoytburgMarch 25, 2026
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By Preston ForeMarch 25, 2026
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Surgeons, airline pilots, and software developers are becoming the hottest roles for female representation—and most jobs pay over $100,000
By Emma BurleighMarch 25, 2026
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Workers around the world are scared. A massive new survey shows just how much
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 25, 2026
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By John KellMarch 25, 2026
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By Sharon GoldmanMarch 25, 2026
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Real EstateThe median first-time homebuyer is now 40. Zillow’s CEO says don’t expect that to change anytime soon
By Jake AngeloMarch 25, 2026
EuropeRishi Sunak is giving advice to CEOs on AI. Here are his golden rules
By Kamal AhmedMarch 25, 2026
Law‘I want everybody to have enough food’: the scientist who made your packaged food safer just won the world’s most prestigious food prize
By The Associated Press and Hannah FingerhutMarch 25, 2026
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By Emma HinchliffeMarch 25, 2026
SuccessJPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon says remote work breeds ‘rope-a-dope politics’ and stunts young workers’ growth
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 25, 2026
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LifestyleThe U.K.’s fertility rate is at its lowest level in 90 years, far below the ‘replacement rate.’ Yet another snag in the nation’s productivity battle
By Prarthana PrakashOctober 30, 2024
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SuccessEven households earning over $150,000 a year are living paycheck to paycheck, Bank of America says
By Jane ThierOctober 28, 2024
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FinanceHeroes of the high-rate economy? Bank of America praises consumers for propping up 2024
By Eleanor PringleOctober 27, 2024
AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 10: Jen Psaki speaks onstage during the 2023 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 10, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW)
SuccessWhat Kamala Harris is doing right—and wrong—in the lead-up to Election Day, according to former press sec. Jen Psaki
By Jane ThierOctober 25, 2024
Former President Donald Trump
PoliticsWall Street has already priced in a Trump victory—just look at European stocks and the inflation market
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 24, 2024
Politics23 Nobel Prize winners push for Kamala Harris, calling her a ‘better steward of our economy’ than Trump
By Chloe BergerOctober 24, 2024
Two men talk and hold picket signs at a table and tent set outside Boeing's manufacturing facility.
FinanceBoeing workers reject new deal, continue strike after company posts $6 billion loss
By Greg McKennaOctober 24, 2024
Left: Vice President Kamala Harris. Right: Former president Donald Trump.
Politics2 major polls show Donald Trump gaining slight edge over Kamala Harris in election race
By Eleanor PringleOctober 24, 2024
PoliticsMore billionaires are publicly backing Kamala Harris than Donald Trump
By Chloe BergerOctober 23, 2024
CommentaryDespite inflation, U.S. consumers are 5% better off than in 2019—here’s why they don’t feel that way
By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul SwartzOctober 23, 2024
Founder of The Robin Hood Foundation, Paul Tudor Jones
PoliticsHedge fund icon who predicted Black Monday crash warns inflation is coming no matter who wins U.S election: ‘We are going to be broke’
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 23, 2024
SuccessIt’s not Gen Z this time. Gen Xers are working the most gigs to stave off financial insecurity
By Chloe BergerOctober 23, 2024
Workers assemble the new Volkswagen ID.4 electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the VW factory on September 18, 2020 in Zwickau, Germany. Volkswagen will officially present the ID.4 towards the end of September. In addition, Volkswagen also produces the smaller ID.3 at the Zwickau plant. Both cars are meant to lead the company towards mass sales in the electric car market and provide it with strong competition against rival Tesla.
FinanceGermany’s lost decade: How the Fortune 500 Europe giant is flirting with long-term irrelevance
By Ryan HoggOctober 22, 2024
The city of Shanghai is seen in the background as construction workers refurbish an overhead pedestrian bridge.
FinanceThe IMF forecasts a sharp drop in inflation—but China’s growth is set to slow
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressOctober 22, 2024
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference.
FinanceYellen says world was ‘worse off’ under Trump-era isolationism
By Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressOctober 22, 2024
CommentaryHere’s what it would take for Europe to successfully compete with the U.S. and China, according to EY
By Julie Linn TeiglandOctober 22, 2024
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FinanceRecent hurricanes are distorting the U.S. economy’s underlying trend
By Jason MaOctober 21, 2024
Former President Donald Trump
PoliticsDonald Trump’s policies would drain Social Security’s finances faster, report finds
By Paolo ConfinoOctober 21, 2024
CommentaryBiden-Harris have a track record of real success in bringing manufacturing back to America. Trump’s all-sticks-no-carrots approach already failed
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Laura Tyson and Steven TianOctober 21, 2024
PoliticsMost Americans think the economy is bad but they’re split on whether Trump or Harris can fix it
By Steve Peoples, Linley Sanders and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2024
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un toast
FinancePutin turns to North Korean troops as Russia’s economy heads for a ‘meltdown’
By Jason MaOctober 20, 2024
FinanceThe relentless stock market rally could pull off another shocker
By Jason MaOctober 19, 2024
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve
FinanceJerome Powell has accidentally jammed the property market—especially for the ultrarich 
By Eleanor PringleOctober 18, 2024
Stanley Druckenmiller
FinanceBillionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller says market appears ‘very convinced Trump is going to win’
By Amanda GerutOctober 17, 2024
Brian Moynihan, chief executive officer of Bank of America
FinanceBank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says U.S. economy is the envy of the world—but could lose its power due to national debt
By Eleanor PringleOctober 16, 2024
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
FinanceWall Street wants a strong economy. It also wants Fed rate cuts. The two aren’t necessarily compatible
By Eleanor PringleOctober 15, 2024
CommentaryHere’s why the gap between Americans’ perception of U.S. economic performance and reality has doubled since 2019, according to economists
By Kaushik Basu and Robert LynchOctober 15, 2024
Christopher Waller
FinanceWaller says Fed should cut at ‘deliberate’ pace
By Amara Omeokwe and BloombergOctober 14, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin grimaces during a bilateral meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace while the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), October 8, 2024, in Moscow, Russia.
FinanceSaudi Arabia has a big plan for oil that could hammer Russia’s war machine, economists warn
By Ryan HoggOctober 14, 2024
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