Courtenay Brown

Americans see the good times rolling while analysts see risks of a recession.

Americans are still feeling the sting of price gains, but wages are moving in the right direction.

Trump has threatened to roll back laws passed under Biden that incentivize private investment.

The process has been closely watched by financial markets for what it says about Trump's economic policy.

Walmart says consumers are splurging more on non-essentials like toys and televisions, a trend they anticipate will continue through the end of the year.

Lutnick is the co-chair of Trump's transition team.

Price pressures look stubborn, and further progress on cooling inflation may be stalling.

The central bank's rate cut comes as economists' uncertainty heightened about Trump's economic policies.

For now, financial markets have settled on a new reality that America's political backdrop may keep interest rates higher than Fed officials anticipated when they commenced their rate-cutting campaign in September.

It's a signal of how much generative AI now dominates the tech sector.