Holiday spending is hitting new records, but some data shows that people are buying fewer items amid higher prices.

When customers walk in to Taquerias Atotonilco, a fixture in the Little Village neighborhood that has been in Raul Muñoz Jr.’s family since the 1970s, he hears a common refrain: “It’s dead out there.” The observation has echoed in Little Village and Chicago’s other predominantly Latino neighborhoods since September when the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Blitz,

A big reason the term is popping up so often is that it helps explain an unusually muddy and convoluted period for the US economy.

The United States, which on Monday assumed the 12-month presidency of the Group of 20 major economies, will focus on driving economic growth and prosperity, the U.S. State Department said.

Just two weeks before a pivotal meeting, the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy has been just muddling along as of late.

Economists predicted a global shock from President Trump’s tariffs, but some of them are now revising their global growth predictions upward.

I think these low prices are starting to take a toll on guys trying to meet their cash-flow needs,’ he says. For many farmers, Newlin believes the issue isn’t just about surviving until next spring – it’s about paying land rents,

As unpopular as she has been in parts of the real estate community, Mayor Michelle Wu has endeared herself with another crucial segment: companies hungry for skilled employees.