Scott Horsley

President Trump campaigned on a promise to re-draw America's trade ties with the rest of the world. It hasn't always worked out as he hoped.

Reports that President Trump paid little to no taxes in the last 20 years spotlighted the IRS's lax enforcement. As the agency strains under budget cuts, rich people are less likely to be audited.

Millions of unemployed Americans are still waiting for help from the federal government, but pandemic relief efforts have stalled. Republicans point to a ballooning federal deficit.

Many unemployed Americans have been tapping into their savings to pay bills. But those savings are going fast, and hopes for a new round of pandemic relief before the election are fading.

Many unemployed Americans have had to tap into their savings to pay bills. Hopes for a new pandemic relief bill before the election are fading, and those savings for many are largely exhausted.

Stanford University professors Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work in understanding and designing auctions.

Stanford's Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson are honored for their "inventions of new auction formats." Auctions are now used to price Internet ads, wholesale electricity and fishing permits.

The $1.1 million prize goes to Stanford professors Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson for advancing knowledge of how buyers and sellers behave.

President Trump abruptly pulled out of negotiations for more pandemic aid, then seemed to reverse himself. Forecasters say without federal help, recovery will take longer and be more painful.

Powell renews his call for congressional action on the economy, but President Trump tells his representatives to stop negotiating on new relief until after the election.

Job growth slowed in September as U.S. employers added just 661,000 jobs. Unemployment dipped to 7.9%, largely driven by people leaving the workforce.

Women left jobs at four times the rate of men in September. The burden of parenting and running a household while also working a job has created a pressure cooker environment that's pushing women out.

The Labor Department says U.S. employers added just 661,000 jobs last month, as unemployment fell to 7.9%, showcasing an economic recovery that is losing steam.

Markets face a double whammy of bad news after the president's health upended an election heading into its final stretch and the September jobs report proved disappointing.

Asian Americans have traditionally enjoyed some of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. But the pandemic is taking a heavy toll - and Trump's blaming China isn't helping.

As people stay at home, they are putting out more trash, from pizza boxes to cardboard delivery boxes. That's putting a big strain on residential garbage collectors.

Gig workers are now relying on a safety net program that didn't even exist six months ago. It provides unemployment benefits to the growing number who don't have a traditional payroll job.

The Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero Wednesday and pledged it was ready to use all of its available tools to support an economic recovery that appears to be weakening.

Median household income jumped to $68,700 in 2019, the highest since record-keeping began in 1967. Many of those gains have likely been erased this year, as the pandemic left tens of millions jobless.

Consumer prices rose 0.4% in August and 1.3% over the last 12 months. Some economists say that official measure understates inflation, because the pandemic has changed both what and how we buy.