NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Moody's Chief Economist Mark Zandi about the strength of the economy during the government shutdown.

A government shutdown typically risks only modest damage for the U.S. economy, stemming mainly from furloughed public workers ...

The Labor Department’s internal watchdog is investigating how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports economic data as a part of an effort to better understand how the U.S. economy is ...

President Donald Trump thrust the nation's system for economic data collection into the spotlight in recent days after he fired the head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump removed BLS ...

Gold is soaring, Bitcoin is back, and the dollar is sliding — even as jobs vanish and the government shuts down. What gives?

The latest state jobs report shows the Houston area economy is slowing, but it's unclear if more data will be coming if the ...

String theory is one of the most ambitious ideas in modern physics, aiming to unite all forces of nature into one framework.

An economist explains the impact the H-1B visa program has had on the U.S. economy and native-born workers. And what the new ...

When the private sector enthusiastically invests in the economy, there is less pressure on the government to be the prime ...