Abha Bhattarai

The economy is booming, inflation is falling, and workers’ unions are securing historic wins. Why are Americans still so glum — especially about the president?

The ratings firm warned of “downside risks” because of a rising U.S. budget deficit with no apparent plan to rein in the deficit in a time of higher interest rates.

Since 2021, at least a dozen U.S. employers — as varied as aerospace, education and manufacturing — have abolished tiered wages and benefits, according to a Washington Post analysis.

For businesses of all sizes, on-site child care has become the latest — and often, priciest — new way to attract and keep employees.

Gross domestic product expanded between July and September, capping five straight quarters of growth and eluding a long-feared recession.

President Biden is preparing to ask Congress for $16 billion in child-care funding, part of a push to keep providers afloat and expand working families’ access.

Continued consumer spending — on travel, concerts, restaurants and more — is propelling economic growth beyond what many had expected.

Taylor Swift’s record-shattering Eras Tour — set to bring in more money than any other concert in American history — is heading to 8,500 movie theaters this weekend.

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said it expects global growth to slow in 2024 from last year. War in the Middle East could make things worse.

The Harvard professor was awarded the Nobel Prize for “groundbreaking research” on women in the labor market.