The state is among a handful that will decide the presidential contest, and workers have felt increased prices at the grocery store and gas station.

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Energy businesses and farmers in western Pennsylvania are struggling because of prices, an issue that has not figured prominently in the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris.

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The Federal Reserve is poised to lower interest rates this week. Recent jobs data have been a reminder that a soft landing is not yet assured.

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Donald J. Trump, the largest shareholder in the parent company of Truth Social, said he won’t sell his stock when a restriction ends next week.

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Optimistic words and some admirable proposals aren’t enough to overcome the discontent and anger that a large majority of Americans feel about the economy.

A gallon of regular gasoline in August was down nearly 12 percent from a year earlier, reflecting a fall in oil prices as well as a decline in demand.

Trump is promising something he can’t possibly deliver.

Are the thousands of empty properties scattered across the country any kind of solution?

Who you gonna believe, him or your lying eyes?

Antitrust regulators are finally catching up to the methods used by modern corporations to exert their power.

Some vegetables cost more than they have in five years. Top Chinese officials have made a point of showing that they’re doing something about it.

Companies are using technology to collude on prices, and our laws need updating to stop it.

Despite war in the Middle East and political turmoil in Libya, investors are focusing on what look like ample global supplies.

The price of solar power is plummeting faster than we ever expected.

Both Democrats and Republicans are expressing support for tariffs to protect American industry, reversing decades of trade thinking in Washington.