macroeconomics

DAVIDSON, N.C. (TNS) — The first few months of Donald Trump’s nonconsecutive second term as president have been marked by controversial economic initi...

Local unemployment rates continued to drop in April, state officials said, and were lower than a year ago. The state Department of Labor reported that...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature’s Democrat majorities may be touting that they’ve finally finished work on a new state budget. Make no mistake, ...

Local unemployment decreased in March after steady bumps in January and February, on par with the rates reported a year ago this month, according to s...

Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochuland Attorney GeneralLetitia Jamesannounced thatNew Yorkand a coalition of 11 other states are suing theTrump Adminis...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Earlier this month, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion ca...

If there’s one thing investors have learned in recent days, it’s that there’s no way to guess what America will do next. With its on-again, off-again ...

ALBANY — For the last four years, New York’s small businesses have been shouldering the burden of the Empire State’s pandemic-related Unemployment Ins...

President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs are the biggest shock to the global financial and economic order since the end of the Bretton Woods ...

I voted in the election to stop fraud, waste and abuse. I expect our government to run efficiently and I voted for putting Washington on a budget and ...

After being criticized for saying in an October speech to the Chicago Economic Club that “‘tariff’ is the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” Dona...

Local unemployment rose in January, on par with the rates reported a year ago this month, according to state labor officials. The state Department of ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s economic priority shouldn’t be preventing a recession. Stock prices are always a roller coaster. Over...

COLONIE (TNS) — Upstate CEOs are the most optimistic they have been in years about the prospects for business growth in theEmpire State, according to ...

The changing fiscal landscape could hinder local governments’ budgets, New York State ComptrollerThomas P. DiNapoli warns in his recent report. The co...

The Trump administration is doubling down on deregulation. Quite literally, in fact: Where the previous Trump administration removed five regulations ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There is one surefire way to know when someone is trying to pull one over on you: If they’re promising something for nothing — whethe...