Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who Trump recently said he’s considering firing, has a 37% approval rating, beneath the lowest approval ratings for the previous three federal reserve chairs, but above his 36% average approval rating in 2023, Gallup found.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Trump administration's goal is to use the power of the American economy to open China to U.S. exporters.

The president's approval rating on the economy has fallen, though his overall approval rating has increased slightly since April.

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In the second part of this conversation, Fareed asks Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates about his outlook on the global economy and his thoughts on President Trump’s tariffs.

For the first time, President Donald Trump has a negative approval rating in Texas over his handling of the economy, according to a new poll. The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Politics Project survey,

A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the island attempts to strengthen its fragile economy. Government officials are jumping on planes to try and convince international companies to relocate their manufacturing plants to the U.S. territory, where they would be exempt from tariffs. (AP Video: Alejandro Granadillo)

The president thinks he can return America to manufacturing glory — but the cycles of economic history are hard to break.

Lately, Wall Street economic commentary has been replete with ominous warnings. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are bound to cause an economic downturn, or perhaps even a recession.

President Donald Trump talks a lot about the economy. The question is: do people believe what he is saying. A recent Economist/YouGov poll set out to answer that question, at least in part, by putting six Trump statements on the economy before its 1,850 poll respondents.

A team is headed to the nation’s highest-profile event dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment in the U.S.