While some are able to find numbers that show positive things happening for the economy, here in West Virginia, the reality is a little less pleasant. Some key indicators are downright disturbing.

For many people, the economy is a simple equation: paychecks minus expenses. When it feels like our incomes are growing faster than prices, the economy is in good shape. When they’re not, it’s lousy.

Three days into the government shutdown, it’s increasingly unclear where the U.S. economy is headed — not because of a direct hit from the federal closures but a lack of official data. The absence of ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy. The American economy is a consumer economy.

PINCH WHEN GETTING REGULAR GOODS LIKE GROCERIES. ECONOMISTS SAY WITH NEW POLICIES IN PLACE, THINGS COULD GET WORSE. THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF DISRUPTION IN THE ECONOMY, DISRUPTION AND UNCERTAINTY ARE THE ...