Lydia DePillis

Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed remedies still differ radically.

The Fed’s key rate has a bearing on the sustainability of public borrowing, which is heading to striking levels.

Government agencies that shrank in President-elect Trump’s first term have mostly bounced back, and some have become even larger.

The ongoing disaster will affect residents’ health, local industries, public budgets and the cost of housing for years to come.

President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector…

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac know increasing floods and wildfires are a problem. Dealing with them, however, would require trade-offs.

Hiring bounced back after disruptions from storms and a major strike.

JD Vance and others on the “new right” say limiting immigration will raise wages and give jobs to sidelined Americans. Many studies suggest otherwise.

Expelling noncitizens on a mass scale is likely to raise prices on goods and services and lower employment rates for U.S. workers, many economists say.