Trump administration officials shifted tone this week to acknowledge that markets and consumers might suffer losses as the economy adjusts to the rollout of the White House economic agenda. President Donald Trump told the nation during his joint address to Congress on Tuesday that his aggressive tariff policies would cause “a little disturbance” a day

Unemployment ticked up slightly and the government shed 10,000 employees as DOGE’s job-slashing efforts and Trump’s economic agenda take hold.

The survey director noted that long-range inflation expectations have increased quickly, calling it an “unusually large increase."

Voters sent President Donald Trump back to the Oval Office on his pledge to lower costs on Day One and usher in a new “golden age” of American prosperity. But the dizzying pace of his executive actions has unnerved some economists who are projecting a downturn or even a recession.

A senior economic analyst at Bankrate, Mark Hamrick, said in a note that today’s jobs report “portrays a trickle of the flood of lost federal jobs with a decline of 10k,” adding that more of those cuts “will likely show up in the coming months.

Financial scams are on the rise, with a new survey from Bankrate revealing that about one in three U.S. adults encountered financial fraud or a scam.

The U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in February, falling short of expectations but signaling a still-stable labor market despite ongoing inflation concerns.

Washington state may require employees to take unpaid furloughs to address a $15B deficit, sparking debate over budget cuts vs. taxes.

“There’s no question that recession risks have risen and are rising,” Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate, told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday. Bankrate’s survey of ...