Nouriel Roubini — also known as "Dr. Doom" for his bombastic and frequently bearish takes on the economy — said he believes some of Trump's policies could raise prices and slow growth in the US. That could involve inflation rising as high as 5% in the coming years,

Gallup's first poll since the Republican sweep of the 2024 election found Americans are more confident about the economy.

The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September on strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, the government said Wednesday, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of third-quarter growth.

From enacting tariffs on foreign goods to slashing taxes for individuals and businesses, Trump’s economic populism is about to be put to the test.

In a more extreme scenario, in which the Trump administration deported 8.3 million undocumented immigrants, the economic outlook would be even worse. Compared to the baseline forecast, GDP would plummet by 7.4 percent by 2028, while employment would drop by 6.7 percent.

The tariffs he imposed on China in his first term were continued by President Joe Biden, a Democrat who even expanded tariffs and restrictions on the world's second largest economy. Biden administration officials looked at removing Trump's tariffs in order to bring down inflationary pressures, only to find they were unlikely to help significantly.

U.S. trading partners are better equipped now to deal with President-elect Donald's tariff threats than they were during his first administration, according to experts.

Americans’ confidence in the economy improved after Republicans won big in the 2024 election earlier this month, a new survey found. The Gallup poll, released Tuesday, shows that Americans rank their confidence in the economy as -17,

The economy sped up in November and kept the U.S. on track for another strong quarter of growth, fueled by optimism about falling interest rates and the prospect of a pro-business Trump administration,

President-elect Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada would reignite inflation in 2025, hurt the economy, experts say.

There’s a pretty simple way to explain most of what happened in the 2024 presidential election.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said the economy, not racism or misogyny, was the deciding factor in Donald Trump's electoral victory.