If he takes office, a trade war, higher prices, labor shortages, a gaping deficit, and a showdown between the White House and the Fed all seem highly likely.

With only weeks before the November 5 election, here's how top economists assess the health of the U.S. economy.

Efforts to crack down on the border have clouded the larger immigration issue in ways often too nuanced to break down cleanly along ideological lines.

Taxing unrealized capital gains on the country's richest people is "an economy killer, Kamala knows that," billionaire Mark Cuban said this weekend.

The dollar climbed on Monday and cryptocurrency bitcoin hit a three-month high as a rise in U.S. bond yields and the looming Presidential election continued to impact markets.

In the remote Nevada desert, Janille and Tom Baker’s hay ranch couldn’t survive without immigrant guest workers who come every year from Mexico

Here are some key takeaways from Associated Press interviews with voters and economic experts in Arizona about the economy and how Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are talking about it before Election Day: Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, Mesa, and Chandler, is booming.

Voters remain largely divided over whether they prefer Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris to handle key economic issues, although Harris earns slightly better marks on elements such as taxes for the middle class.

The global economy is heading toward year end with unexpected tailwinds as slowing inflation clears a path for an unlikely soft landing. But while the economics side of the equation is looking up, political hurdles lie ahead.

Most voters likely don’t even follow the overall economic trends, let alone one month’s data, he said. Instead, their views on the economy are shaped by how far their dollars are stretching today compared to recent times. That track record isn’t great nowadays.

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