New research is giving shape to the rapid decline in consumer spending due to the new coronavirus, showing why GDP forecasts are dire.

On March 27, President Donald Trump signed a stimulus bill unlike any before. Here are the numbers to know for businesses and individuals in the coronavirus economic relief package.

Craig Whitlock uncovered a previously secret trove of candid interviews with top military and government officials from the Afghanistan War.

Conservatives and liberals both revert to zero-sum thinking, but not on the same issues. Research in Science Advances breaks it down.

Shorenstein Center fellow Jane Perlez and reporter Clark Merrefield discuss the Hong Kong protests, trade war perceptions, reporting challenges and what she misses most about being New York Times Beijing Bureau Chief.

Employment increases after taxes are cut for most income earners -- but not when tax cuts target the top 10% of earners -- according to recent research in the Journal of Political Economy.

These studies show that the trade war is a net loss for the world economy. And if a global trade war broke out, the economic hit could approach that seen during the Great Recession.

In early August 2019, exchange rates between the yuan and the dollar crossed a 7-to-1 threshold that many media outlets called “psychologically important.” What does psychology have to do with international financial markets? A lot.