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Can A.I. Answer the Needs of Smaller Businesses? Some Push to Find Out.
Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are finding widest use at big companies, but there is wide expectation that the impact will spread.
By Sydney Ember
Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are finding widest use at big companies, but there is wide expectation that the impact will spread.
By Sydney Ember
In a blow to the National Labor Relations Board, the justices made it more difficult to order employers to reinstate fired workers.
By Noam Scheiber and Santul Nerkar
Cole Mannix, of Old Salt Co-op, is trying to change local appetites and upend an industry controlled by multibillion-dollar meatpackers.
By Susan Shain and Rebecca Stumpf
The latest data could help to restore policymakers’ conviction that inflation is in the process of returning to the Federal Reserve’s goal.
By Jeanna Smialek
Federal Reserve officials signaled that interest rates could stay higher this year as policymakers pause to ensure they’ve stamped out inflation.
By Jeanna Smialek
But rising trade barriers pose a long-term threat to global output as protectionist policies spread, the bank said.
By Alan Rappeport
The government targeted companies involved in making seafood, aluminum and footwear, citing their links to labor programs affecting Chinese minorities.
By Ana Swanson
Federal Reserve officials are expected to leave interest rates unchanged at their meeting this week. They will also release a fresh set of economic projections.
By Jeanna Smialek
The agreement, if ratified, will cover 1,600 workers making batteries for General Motors in Ohio. The union said it would be a model for efforts elsewhere.
By Neal E. Boudette
The monthly data is drawn from two surveys. This time, one was quite strong, and the other flashed warning signs.
By Ben Casselman
The latest data could add to fears that the labor market remains too hot to bring inflation fully under control.
By Ben Casselman
Hiring was unexpectedly robust in May, with a gain of 272,000 jobs, but it wasn’t all good news: The unemployment rate ticked up, to 4 percent.
By Lydia DePillis
American solar manufacturers are pushing for further protections for their new factories against cheaply priced imports from China.
By Ana Swanson and Alan Rappeport
A “competitiveness crisis” is raising alarms for officials and business leaders in the European Union, where investment, income and productivity are lagging.
By Patricia Cohen
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The pandemic shopping boom led many stores and brands to widen profit margins by charging more. Now value is the watchword as shoppers grow choosier.
By Talmon Joseph Smith and Jordyn Holman
Automakers and dealers are starting to offer discounts, low-interest loans and other incentives to lure buyers as the supply of cars grows.
By Neal E. Boudette
The coronavirus pandemic schooled the world in the essential role of global supply chains. Have we learned anything from it?
By Peter S. Goodman
New research shows that people who develop dementia often begin falling behind on bills years earlier.
By Ben Casselman
The Labor Department filed a lawsuit accusing Hyundai, one of its suppliers and a staffing company of jointly employing a 13-year-old on an auto body parts assembly line in Alabama.
By Santul Nerkar
Things look strong on paper, but many Americans remain unconvinced. We asked economic officials, the woman who coined “vibecession” and Charlamagne Tha God what they think is happening.
By Jeanna Smialek
Consumers eased up on spending in the face of rising prices and high interest rates, Commerce Department data shows.
By Ben Casselman
The Biden administration aims to better support small farmers while still aiding big operations and rewarding climate-friendly practices. It’s a tall order.
By Lydia DePillis
Skyrocketing premiums are hitting homeowners hard, but they barely factor into common price measures.
By Jeanna Smialek
Chief executives are vulnerable to the same forces buffeting their employees. Leadership is important, but so is efficiency — and cost-cutting.
By David Streitfeld
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The Teamsters union has made little headway in organizing workers at Amazon and FedEx despite wage and other gains it secured at UPS last year.
By Peter Eavis
The United States and Europe are trying to catch up to a rival skilled in using all the levers of government and banking to dominate global manufacturing.
By Patricia Cohen, Keith Bradsher and Jim Tankersley
Out-of-state transplants, drawn during the pandemic by the Mountain West’s allure, have caused prices to soar and created new uncertainty in the state’s crucial Senate race.
By Kellen Browning and Louise Johns
Western economic officials projected a united front, and braced for retaliation, as they prepped tougher sanctions and tariffs.
By Alan Rappeport
The argument is the organization’s attempt to maintain the last vestiges of its amateur model and to prevent college athletes from collectively bargaining.
By Santul Nerkar
A second Trump administration could shake up personnel and financial regulation at America’s central bank, people close to his campaign said.
By Jeanna Smialek
Federal Reserve policymakers were still willing to raise rates if the economy surprised them, notes from their most recent meeting suggested.
By Jeanna Smialek
The Federal Reserve’s 2023 survey on household financial well-being found Americans excelling in the job market but struggling with prices.
By Jeanna Smialek
The report also found that Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen bought parts from a supplier the U.S. government had singled out for its practices in Xinjiang.
By Ana Swanson and Jack Ewing
Conflicting political visions, competitive jockeying and American dominance stand in the way of a more coordinated and efficient military machine.
By Patricia Cohen and Liz Alderman
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Finance ministers from the G7 nations are hoping to finalize a plan ahead of the group’s leaders meeting next month.
By Alan Rappeport
After Mercedes workers voted against joining the United Automobile Workers, the union will have less momentum as it campaigns to organize Southern factories.
By Neal E. Boudette
Insurers are raising prices for insurance premiums steeply. Here's why, and why it matters for the economy.
By Marie Solis
The largest U.S. retailer had robust quarterly results and an upbeat outlook, giving insight into how consumers are weathering high interest rates.
By Jordyn Holman
The Consumer Price Index inflation measure accounts for housing costs in a complicated way. There are reasons for it.
By Jeanna Smialek
Automakers in the United States and their supporters welcomed President Biden’s tariffs, saying they would protect domestic manufacturing and jobs from cheap Chinese vehicles.
By Neal E. Boudette
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said the central bank was poised to leave interest rates on hold after surprisingly stubborn inflation.
By Jeanna Smialek
The economy as a whole has proved resilient amid the highest rates in decades. But beneath the surface, many low- and moderate-income families are struggling.
By Ben Casselman and Jeanna Smialek
Hopes for a steep drop in borrowing costs for consumers and businesses have been dashed. But some experts predict modest reductions in coming months.
By Talmon Joseph Smith
The grant is the latest federal award in a series stemming from the CHIPS and Science Act meant to ramp up domestic production of vital semiconductors.
By Madeleine Ngo
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The administration could raise tariffs on electric vehicles from China to 100 percent in an attempt to protect American auto manufacturers.
By Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley
Fed officials still think their next move will be to cut rates, but they are not entirely ruling out the possibility that they might have to raise them.
By Jeanna Smialek
The president’s visit to Wisconsin celebrated the investment by Microsoft in a center to be built on the site of a failed Foxconn project negotiated by his predecessor.
By Erica L. Green
How an obscure, 45-year-old tax change transformed retirement and left so many Americans out in the cold.
By Michael Steinberger
Employers added 175,000 jobs in April, a milder pace than in the winter months, though layoffs have remained low and most sectors appear stable.
By Lydia DePillis
Fed officials are watching labor trends as they contemplate when to cut rates. But different measures are telling different stories.
By Jeanna Smialek
North Carolina’s Triad was built on tobacco, textiles and furniture. Now it’s trying to forge a new economy from more highly skilled manufacturing.
By Santul Nerkar and Mike Belleme
Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, said that the central bank needed “greater confidence” that inflation was coming down before it decided to cut interest rates, which are at a two-decade high.
By The New York Times
March data showed a cooling labor market, but layoffs remain low. The overall trend is likely to be welcomed by Federal Reserve policymakers.
By Ben Casselman
Economists are wondering whether political developments could play into both the Fed’s near-term decisions and its long-term independence.
By Jeanna Smialek
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The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged for a sixth straight meeting and suggested that rates would stay high for longer.
By Jeanna Smialek
White House officials have barnstormed Wisconsin to make the connection between big changes and their signature laws.
By Lydia DePillis
Ben Houchen, a regional mayor in the north of England, faces a close re-election race, partly thanks to the broader troubles of Britain’s Conservative Party.
By Stephen Castle
The Better Goods store brand will carry plant-based, gluten-free and higher-end food and could help the retailer attract more affluent shoppers.
By Jordyn Holman
High rates usually pull down asset prices and hurt the housing market. Those channels are muted now, possibly making policy slower to work.
By Jeanna Smialek
Economists are divided over whether the growing amount of federal borrowing is fueling demand and driving up prices.
By Jim Tankersley
Stubborn inflation has led traders to forecast far fewer rate cuts by the Federal Reserve than just a few months ago.
By Jeanna Smialek
Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, increased at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year.
By Ben Casselman
Places that are not usual sites for the league’s marquee game are jumping at the chance to be the host of its three-day draft.
By Ken Belson
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is in China this week as tensions have risen over trade, security, Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Middle East crisis.
By Ana Swanson, David Pierson and Olivia Wang
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Tensions over economic ties are running high, threatening to disrupt a fragile cooperation between the U.S. and China.
By Ana Swanson
Firms like Experian and TransUnion say it is time for “buy now, pay later” loans to appear on consumer credit reports. The lenders aren’t ready to sign on.
By Jordyn Holman and Ben Casselman
Some experts say the outcome at a plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., may be organized labor’s most significant advance in decades. But the road could get rockier.
By Noam Scheiber
The measure from a member of the Bloc Québécois would ban changes to the supply management system for dairy, poultry and eggs.
By Ian Austen
The Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga is set to become the first unionized auto factory in the South not owned by one of Detroit’s Big Three.
By Neal E. Boudette
Manish Lachwani, who founded the software start-up HeadSpin, is the latest tech entrepreneur to face time in prison in recent years.
By Erin Griffith
The president is increasingly hitting back with tariffs and other measures meant to restrict imports, raising tensions with Beijing.
By Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport
To lure visitors, residents of Yoshida, famed for its high-quality steel, are inviting tourists to help produce it.
By Craig Mod
Speaking to the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh, the president urged major increases to some tariffs on steel and aluminum products from China.
By Nicholas Nehamas and Jim Tankersley
The United Automobile Workers hopes contract gains at the Big Three carmakers will provide momentum in a broad effort to organize nonunion plants.
By Neal E. Boudette
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More countries are embracing measures meant to encourage their own security and independence, a trend that some say could slow global growth.
By Patricia Cohen
Frustrated by higher prices, many Pennsylvanians with fresh pay raises and solid finances report a sense of insecurity lingering from the pandemic.
By Talmon Joseph Smith
The path to a “soft landing” doesn’t seem as smooth as it did four months ago. But the expectations of a year ago have been surpassed.
By Ben Casselman
Economists had been expecting the Federal Reserve to cut rates sharply this year. But stubborn inflation and strong growth may change the narrative.
By Marie Solis
A wave of rapid immigration is taxing local resources around the country and drawing political ire. But it might leave America’s economy better off.
By Jeanna Smialek
Stubborn inflation and strong growth could keep the Federal Reserve wary about interest rate cuts, eager to avoid adding vim to the economy.
By Jeanna Smialek
There is a growing view that the U.S. business cycle has changed (for better) in a more diversified economy. To some, that sounds like tempting fate.
By Talmon Joseph Smith
Investors went into 2024 expecting the Federal Reserve to cut rates sharply. Stubborn inflation and quick growth call that into question.
By Jeanna Smialek
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plans to build an additional factory and upgrade another planned facility in Phoenix with the federal grants.
By Madeleine Ngo and Don Clark
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen was warmly received in China, but it was evident that the level of trust between the two sides does not run deep.
By Alan Rappeport
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Despite his populist promises, many bigwigs are keeping the faith that it couldn’t really happen here.
By Jonathan Mahler
The Wendy’s debacle is a warning shot for brands: If you want to play with prices, make sure to communicate why and whom it could help.
By Lydia DePillis
Beijing’s economic policies threaten American workers, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen told Vice Premier He Lifeng in the southern city of Guangzhou.
By Alan Rappeport
The United Automobile Workers union is mounting its most ambitious effort to gain an industry foothold beyond Detroit’s Big Three.
By Jack Ewing
A government economist had regular contact with “super users” in finance, records show, at a time when such information keenly interests investors.
By Ben Casselman and Jeanna Smialek
The March data increased confidence among economists and investors that robust hiring and rising wages can continue to coexist while inflation eases.
By Talmon Joseph Smith
After nine years in the role, she has decided not to seek re-election in May. Her departure comes amid significant turnover in the theater industry.
By Michael Paulson
As forests succumb to ever-fiercer wildfires, the federal government and some adventurous private companies are trying to resuscitate an industry.
By Lydia DePillis
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said officials can take their time cutting rates. He also underscored the Fed’s independence as election season heats up.
By Jeanna Smialek and Santul Nerkar
Economies focused on exports have lifted millions out of poverty, but epochal changes in trade, supply chains and technology are making it a lot harder.
By Patricia Cohen
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Economists doubt that artificial intelligence is already visible in productivity data. Big companies, however, talk often about adopting it to improve efficiency.
By Jordyn Holman and Jeanna Smialek
Brands, developers and even city officials are embracing the global appeal of street art, but the boom comes with questions about preserving a neighborhood’s cultural cachet.
By Isabella Kwai, Nikolay Nikolov and Patrick Junker
Jerome Powell said that strong economic growth gives Federal Reserve officials room to be patient, and he emphasized the institution’s political independence.
By Jeanna Smialek
The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge climbed 2.5 percent in the year through February, in line with economists’ expectations.
By Jeanna Smialek
The ship that crashed into the bridge in Baltimore holds barely half of what some of the largest container ships these days can carry — a sign of how huge the industry has become.
By Ella Koeze
The nation’s highest state minimum wage for fast-food workers takes effect on Monday. Owners and employees are sizing up the potential impact.
By Kurtis Lee
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