Americans confidence in the economy has plunged based on findings in a new poll, with the widespread pessimism driven in part ...

Americans’ confidence in the economy slipped in November to negative 30, according to the latest Gallup poll, the lowest level recorded since July 2024. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index — which ...

The University of Michigan Current Economic Conditions Index has historically acted as a contrarian indicator for stocks. The highest forward-looking returns for the S&P 500 have come when the index ...

American consumers in December remained downbeat about the state of the economy, a new survey shows. The Conference Board, a nonprofit group representing businesses, said Tuesday that its consumer ...

The White House is looking at these numbers as evidence of a thriving economy; however, others see signals of weak consumer confidence. The numbers are in from the 2025 Black Friday shopping holiday, ...

Something in the US economy isn’t adding up, and it’s rattling the people charged with wrangling inflation and keeping the labor market intact. US companies have sharply slowed their hiring this year, ...

Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index dipped to a negative 33 rating in December, the lowest level recorded in President Trump’s second term, according to new data. The index — which reflects Americans’ ...

To borrow a phrase made famous by Sesame Street, today’s economy is brought to you by the letter K and the number 175,000. Adopting letters as stand-in descriptors for economic conditions is a ...

The Inland Empire Economic Partnership released its economic analysis and forecast for 2026 at its State of the Region event last month. We presented the national and state outlook previously. Now, we ...