The economy in the final three months of 2024 failed to match the 3% growth rate of the prior two quarters, but not because the U.S. is feeling lots of stress. So what happened? The production of ...

Regular MarketWatch readers might already be aware that U.S. stocks are historically expensive right now, based on several popular metrics. Some have argued that this could signal that the market has ...

Sometimes the scorecard of the U.S. economy, known as GDP, tells the whole story. But not for the fourth quarter. The economy was stronger than it looked.

The economy appeared on track to post a robust 3% annual growth rate in the final three months of 2024. [Then the December trade deficit spiked.]( ...

The US indices continue to see a lot of noisy trading, but somewhat positive behavior in the early hours of Thursday, which continues to see more of a “buy on the dips” area.