Economy

If Elon Musk joins the United States government following a Donald Trump victory in the presidential election, he will be the latest in a succession of billionaire businesspeople to hold...

Former President Bill Clinton encouraged voters in Michigan to throw their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris even if they believe the economy was better under former President Donald Trump....

Vice President Kamala Harris is leaning into the economy and abortion rights in some of her last advertisements before Election Day, as her closing message comes into focus. One of...

Election Day is just days away and of all the critical issues at stake, there is one that has a fast-approaching deadline to get a handle on: climate change. If...

The US is on the cusp of a lithium boom after years of laying the groundwork for an electric-vehicle supply chain that doesn’t rely on China. Within the past month,...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Bangladesh’s interim government faces challenges on a few fronts, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visits Saudi Arabia for the third...

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has told lawmakers that taxes will rise by 40 billion British pounds ($52bn) in order to plug a hole in the public finances...

In the home stretch of the 2024 election, voters who’ve been weighing both campaigns’ proposals to tackle living costs are now hearing a new pitch from the Republican side: accept...

Fears about a recession are all but gone after more strong economic numbers were released on Wednesday. The real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.8...

The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.8 percent annual pace in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The economy has been growing at a fast pace over the...