How can an economy continue to grow at an above-trend growth rate with consumer confidence plummeting to a 14-year low? Record amounts of financial market wealth are fueling enough spending from the ...

Americans are more optimistic about the stock market and economic growth than about inflation and unemployment. Sentiment has rebounded since last spring’s market turmoil but remains below earlier ...

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The S&P 500 (SPY) is highly overvalued with a forward PE of 25x and a Shiller PE of 40.7, historically signaling correction risk. Economic indicators—housing, employment, and manufacturing—show mild ...

From jobs to housing to grocery prices, the U.S. economy has been weakening for months. But the stock market is telling a different story, thanks to a handful of companies called the Magnificent 7: ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The stock market keeps breaking records, but angst about the economy keeps befuddling ...

The U.S. economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, a number that will raise alarms about the state of the economy.

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