A recent survey shows small business owners are feeling more optimistic about the economy following the election. The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ Small Business Optimism Index rose by eight points in November to 101.7, its highest reading since June 2021.

Over the course of her campaign, with all the wrong people in her ear, Kamala Harris rejected the type of economic populism that could have salvaged last month’s elections. As a flurry of questions continues to swirl in the wake of Trump’s second ...

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When it comes to the economy, the Republican president-elect won't express any gratitude toward the Democratic incumbent, but he probably should.

More than 60 countries – home to nearly half the planet’s population – selected their leaders. In the history of democracy, it is a first. What can we learn from the results?

The U.S. stock market has had two big back-to-back years, topping a 20% return for both 2023 and 2024. Gains in 2024 accelerated after President-elect Donald Trump won re-election in November,

General elections this year in the US, Mexico, France, India, South Africa, and elsewhere underscored global trends in polarization and economic uncertainty.

One-third of swing-state voters who voted for Trump replied in an open-ended question that they voted for him because of the economy.

A Media Matters analysis of economic news coverage from the beginning of the third quarter of the year through Election Day — July 1, 2024, through November 5, 2024 — of broadcast evening ...

Financial markets, which are dominated by U.S. equities (over 65% of world market cap), are starting 2025 from a vertiginous place.

Germany's main political parties will present their election programmes on Tuesday, a day after parliament backed a no-confidence motion in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government, paving the way for a snap election on Feb.

Leading contenders in Germany’s upcoming election have presented their programs, setting out contrasting visions of how to put new vigor into Europe’s biggest economy and tackle other issues such as m