The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that Trump’s tariffs would slow growth, not only for the U.S. but globally. The ...

T he definition of a recession can be pretty technical. The short version is if there’s a drop in gross domestic product (GDP ...

The U.S. will suffer one of the largest hits to its growth prospects in a new era that will see most economies grow more slowly than previously expected, the fund said.

In a blogpost titled 'The Global Economy Enters a New Era', the IMF said the global economic system under which most ...

If we overestimate the costs of trade restrictions today, we make it harder to sell the public on free trade tomorrow.

Finally, the drastic Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act contributed largely to the Great Depression of the 1930s, though some economic historians have emphasized the U.S. money supply, the boom-bust cycle in ...

Trump's "Liberation Day" puts us on a trajectory toward international conflict and economic decline. These decisions must be ...

Wild stock market swings and rising recession fears have put Americans on edge. Here are strategies to lower the angst.

Nothing in recent history has so strikingly emphasized the need for international coöperation in the economic field as the business depression which now for over two years has weighed down upon the ...

From the Smoot-Hawley Act to Trump’s current trade war, economic history clearly demonstrates that protectionism is not only ...

The US government has grown accustomed to scapegoating other nations for its domestic problems, yet such tactics fail to ...