Washington quickly brushed off a startling milestone in a mounting problem. By Peter Coy For years, deficit hawks have been groping for ways to shock politicians and the public into getting serious ...

This morning we have been updated on the UK economy and the Office for National Statistics has produced some welcome news. Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.6%, following a growth of 0.5% in ...

The U.S. national debt crossed 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of March, with signs that it might cross the record of 106 percent of GDP reached immediately after World War II.

The U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 2% in the first three months of 2026, slower than forecasters expected but a rebound from weak growth in the previous quarter, new government data shows.

We spend a lot of time thinking about the difficult people in our lives—the friend who can't take feedback, the partner who always has to be right, the coworker who turns everything into a fight. But ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...

The U.S. economy grew at a slower rate than previously thought in the fourth quarter after the Commerce Department released its first revision of real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the ...

Feb. 16 (UPI) --Japan's economy grew ever so slightly during the fourth quarter of 2025, government data showed Monday, narrowly avoiding a second straight quarter of contraction that would have met ...

China's GDP grew 4.5% in the October to December period, slowing from 4.8% in the third quarter. Full-year economic output came in at 5%, meeting the official target of around 5%. Retail sales grew ...

After tariffs rose to the highest levels in centuries, the U.S. lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs this year. As part of our video series on Trump’s second term, The Wall Street Journal’s ...

In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem that had stymied mathematicians for a century. In this case, the solvers weren't human. An artificial ...

Most advisers recommend around 5% growth target for 2026 Leaders to meet soon to chart economic course for next year Property slump, weak demand and excess capacity weigh on outlook Fiscal stimulus to ...