Consumer brands are adjusting to a two-tiered economy as the new normal. Yet there are signs that even high-income customers are under pressure.

Shares of Exxon Mobil ticked down Friday after the oil company reported mixed quarterly earnings. Exxon posted adjusted ...

Asia stocks presented a mixed picture on Friday, reflecting divergent economic trends across the region. Japanese and South ...

Estee Lauder swung to a fiscal first-quarter profit and reiterated its sales-growth projections for the fiscal year as the cosmetics giant regained market share in the key Chinese market, a sign its ...

Prices and inflation continued to grow in September as the cost of rent and some other services shrank, adding to an unclear ...

This Asian country aims to structure itself by combining the virtues of a strong state and a market economy Amid the legacy ...

Currency debasement lowers a currency's value by diluting precious metals in coins or increasing money supply, leading to inflation. Learn history and real-world examples.

When President Javier Milei of Argentina faced an economic meltdown, President Trump vowed to come to his aid. But that lifeline is coming at a cost. By Ana Ionova and Daniel Politi Ana Ionova, who is ...

The markets have climbed higher despite continuing concerns around the shutdown, tariffs and inflation. The S&P 500 and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Traders James Bodner, foreground, and Chris Lagana ...

In April, the United States shook global trade norms by announcing sweeping tariffs. Given the complexity and fluidity of the moment, our April report offered a range of estimates for the growth ...

America’s first merger wave began in the 1890s and forged giants in steel, oil and railroads. A second preceded the crash of 1929. Executives assembled conglomerates in the 1960s; private-equity firms ...