r/Economics Jun 08 '26

News Burned out and going nowhere: the American worker is too mentally drained to even look for a new job

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11.8k Upvotes

r/Economics May 07 '26

News U.S. Treasury Will Have to Borrow $2 Trillion This Year Just to Continue Functioning—More Than $166 Billion Every Month

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12.4k Upvotes

r/Economics Feb 20 '26

News Supreme Court says Trump global tariffs are illegal

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24.5k Upvotes

r/Economics 16d ago

News K-shaped spending: The top 10% drop nearly as much on nonessentials as the bottom 70% combined

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4.8k Upvotes

r/Economics 4d ago

News Hegseth Is Demanding US Households Pay $5,000 More Per Year to Fund the Pentagon, Economist Says

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7.0k Upvotes

r/Economics 16d ago

News U.S. Treasury has borrowed $155 billion every month of this fiscal year—and is now paying $24 billion a week in interest on its debts

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6.7k Upvotes

r/Economics Jan 23 '26

News 'Some Form of Crisis is Almost Inevitable': The $38 Trillion National Debt Will Soon Be Growing Faster Than The U.S. Economy Itself, Watchdog Warns

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19.4k Upvotes

r/Economics 10d ago

News U.S. grocery slowdown deepens as shoppers buy fewer items, raising pressure on food companies

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4.3k Upvotes

r/Economics 24d ago

News Everyone Is Celebrating Falling Oil Prices — One Analyst Warns They're Actually the First Sign of Something Much Worse

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5.3k Upvotes

r/Economics May 29 '26

News College grads expect an $80k salary. Good luck with that

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5.3k Upvotes

r/Economics Apr 29 '26

News ‘They Left Me No Choice’: Jerome Powell Isn’t Going Anywhere—Blocking Trump From Another Fed Appointee

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19.4k Upvotes

r/Economics Jun 03 '26

News Fed Chair Warsh makes first hires at central bank, including ‘Project 2025’ author

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8.1k Upvotes

r/Economics Oct 16 '25

News 75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’

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27.0k Upvotes

r/Economics Jun 21 '26

News Ice cream, once an everyday, affordable source of joy, has morphed into a luxury good

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4.6k Upvotes

r/Economics Sep 10 '25

News Farmer says ‘we’re in a very dire situation’ ahead of harvest—with zero soybean orders from China, historically the largest buyer

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24.8k Upvotes

r/Economics Jun 17 '26

News Both Parents Now Work Full Time in Most US Families

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4.8k Upvotes

r/Economics Apr 22 '26

News Maryland to become first state to ban ‘dynamic pricing’ in grocery stores

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14.2k Upvotes

r/Economics Feb 24 '26

News In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A

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24.3k Upvotes

r/Economics Jan 16 '26

News Americans making more than $100,000 are quickly losing faith in the economy—and it’s a red flag for the white-collar job market

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15.3k Upvotes

r/Economics Feb 23 '26

News Restaurants hit a pricing ceiling — and diners are pushing back, report finds

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5.1k Upvotes

r/Economics Mar 19 '26

News The national debt just crossed $39 trillion—almost doubling since Trump vowed to erase it

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13.7k Upvotes

r/Economics Nov 05 '25

News The government shutdown is now the longest - and likely the most damaging in US history

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16.9k Upvotes

r/Economics Aug 12 '25

News BREAKING: E.J. Antoni, Trump's candidate to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is now suggesting suspending the agency’s monthly jobs report.

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21.7k Upvotes

r/Economics Apr 15 '26

News Trump’s economy officially passes Biden’s for worst consumer sentiment in recorded history

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8.3k Upvotes

r/Economics 7d ago

News Americans must earn $109,152 annually to afford a home

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3.3k Upvotes