The US economy was on shaky footing even before President Donald Trump plunged the United States into a war with Iran, a battery of new data released Friday showed.

Hiring at US businesses unexpectedly plunged last month as employers shed an estimated 92,000 jobs, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Trump administration is currently trapped between the specter of a global economic recession and a naval catastrophe.

The conflict raging in the Middle East will test the resilience of a global economy that has already contended with wars and trade disruptions over the past year.

One of the main pillars propping up the US economy — consumer spending — may be starting to crack.

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer speaks with CNN Senior Reporter David Goldman as we break down economic headlines and cut through the ...

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Economists warn that the war has increased the risk of a recession. And the longer the crisis lasts, the greater the danger to an economy that already looked vulnerable before the chaos in the Middle ...