Economic events

Oleksandra Yagello | Moment | Getty ImagesIn many respects, conditions are good for U.S. small businesses.Inflation, from the cost of goods to wage growth in the labor market, are coming down. And the economy is growing like gangbusters,…

A shopper makes their way through a grocery store on July 12, 2023 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAs record inflation that only a year ago was over 8% continues to decline, consumers are growing more…

Stocks have posted sizable gains to start the year, with the S&P 500 up 8%, on hopes that a soft landing for the economy is in the cards. On Wall Street, Goldman Sachs just lowered its recession odds. The 500,000-plus jobs added by…

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about his budget for fiscal year 2024 at the Finishing Trades Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 9, 2023.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Joe Biden's 2024 budget proposals contain…

While the mood on Main Street has brightened, concerns about the economy, stubborn inflation and the banking system are weighing on small business owners, according to the latest quarterly survey from CNBC and Momentive.Small business…

China's reopening has been one of the most discussed topics at the World Economic Forum in Davos.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDAVOS, Switzerland — China's economic reopening might boost global growth, but the business leaders and…

A queue of ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital emergency department on Nov. 24, 2022, in London. In the U.K., the number of "economically inactive" people — those neither working nor looking for a job — between the ages of 16 and…

Police officers step into the vandalized gateway to Sri Lanka's presidential palace in July. The country has been hit hard by an economic crisis.Abhishek Chinnappa | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesCurtis S. Chin, a former U.S. ambassador…

While Chinese authorities could gradually unwind restrictions in March, zero-Covid policies are starting to hurt global confidence in the country's industrial supply chains, said Li Daokui, Mansfield Freeman professor of economics at…

(Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to begin speaking at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if the video above doesn't play at that time.)The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Idaho's new…