Depending on the type of investment, it may have widespread effects on the economy at large. A key tenet of Keynesian economic theory is that of the multiplier, the notion that economic activity ...

If the U.S. economy avoids a downturn caused by tariffs, economists see risks of financially painful "stagflation." ...

Citigroup's Chief Economist Nathan Sheets said on Tuesday the U.S. has a 40% to 45% chance of recession as the economy ...

President Donald Trump states he will place high new taxes on trade, equaling 10-20% tariffs on all imported goods, and up to a 60% tariff on Chinese goods, plus a 25% to 100% on Mexican goods.

"The stock market is not the economy" is a common refrain ... That's the thinking that underpins the concept of the "wealth effect," or the idea that rising and falling asset values have a ...