Economy

The labor market continued to struggle in August, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data published on Tuesday. The hiring rate in August—or, the number of hires as a share...

In the narrow alleys of Old Mosul, once the proud heart of Iraq’s shoemaking industry, the workshops are coming alive again. After years of conflict and destruction, artisans like 58-year-old...

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s factory activity shrank for a sixth straight month in September, the longest slump since 2019, an official report said Tuesday. The official manufacturing purchasing managers...

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5m to settle a lawsuit brought by United States President Donald Trump after the platform suspended his account in response to the January 6, 2021,...

How Corporate Decisions Weakened America’s Economy For decades, American companies made a straightforward calculation: They would share their technology with Chinese partners in exchange for access to the world’s largest...

The Trump administration will use a government shutdown to gut the Democratic Party’s favorite federal agencies. Or at least, this is what the president wants Democrats to believe, as they...

Three issues dominate the Supreme Court term that begins next week, based on the cases the justices have agreed to hear so far. Realistically, however, there is little uncertainty about...

New Delhi, India — Meghna Gupta* had planned it all – a master’s degree by 23, a few years of working in India, and then a move to the United...

France is in a constant state of revolt. In 2018, the “yellow jackets” blocked the country to protest fuel taxes. Millions took to the streets in 2022 and 2023 to...

Washington — President Trump frequently touts a U.S. economy that’s on the rise under his stewardship: he talks about energy and grocery prices that are falling, lower mortgage rates and...