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Dollar General’s first-quarter results got a boost from middle- and high-income shoppers looking to save money. But to UBS analysts, the results represented more than that.

Average payroll gain over past three months is weakest in two years, leading Trump to push for lower interest rates.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on imported steel and aluminum took effect early Wednesday. So what’s the current state of all the Trump levies?

U.S. trade wars turbocharged sales of new cars and trucks in the spring to a four-year high, but the mad dash by consumers to avoid tariff-related price increases ran out of gas in May.

Taco Tuesday is becoming Taco Everyday, analysts say. But not every publicly traded Mexican chain has fared well on Wall Street lately.

“Are there other types of loans I should be thinking about?”

Needham analysts say the stock looks pricey, while Apple faces growing threats from its tech rivals.

The large service side of the U.S. economy contracted in May for the first time in almost a year, another victim of ongoing trade wars that have frozen hiring and caused havoc among businesses.

Private-equity funds are increasingly available to retail investors. Be careful.

Privately run businesses created just 37,000 new jobs in May — the smallest increase in more than two years — as the worst global trade wars since the 1930s spurred many firms to put a pause on hiring.

“My husband said there was no need to read the contract, and to just sign below his signature.”

Investors are no longer confident that the U.S. will manage its finances responsibly over the long term.