Kevin Warsh's rate hike could make Scott Bessent's job financing government debt much harder, setting up a collision course within Trump's team.

Around 40% of voters in the 2024 election said the economy was their top issue, far outstripping any other matter. And those voters favored Donald Trump by 60% to 38%. Many say they were moved by his ...

Four years after Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, Russia's economy has entered a "death zone," said Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. In a recent ...

The Federal Reserve has spent years holding off on higher interest rates, wary of doing unnecessary damage to the US economy. Now, as it prepares to raise rates this week, officials are facing a new ...

Americans still aren’t sold on President Donald Trump’s economy — and many say the Iran war is making their financial situation worse. Six months after The POLITICO Poll first found deep concern among ...