Economic Indicators

You might have heard of the three blind mice or the itsy-bitsy spider who went up the water spout.

One of the most reliable warning signals for a recession just got a bit brighter.

The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland plan to file subpoenas Tuesday seeking records from the Trump Organization, the Internal Revenue Service and dozens of other entities as part of a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency.

President Donald Trump promised on Twitter that tariffs would maximize the country's economic heft and "MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN."

___ Renewed jitters over trade send stocks, bond yields lower Stocks plunged Tuesday as the goodwill generated by a truce between the U.S. and China over trade evaporated over confusion about what the two sides had actually agreed to.

Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter's presidency, a federal report said Tuesday, as cheap natural gas and other rival sources of energy frustrate the Trump administration's pledges to revive the U.S. coal industry.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Stocks tumbled Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down almost 800 points, as investors worried that a U.S.-China trade truce reached over the weekend wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

More U.S. beef is being recalled because it may be contaminated with salmonella.

President Donald Trump plans to meet briefly Tuesday with the heads of three leading German automakers.

The designer boutiques of Manhattan and Paris are feeling the chill of a Chinese economic slowdown that has hammered automakers and other industries.

As GM layoffs loom, the secretary is optimistic the ebb and flow of the industry will create other jobs.

The Trump administration is celebrating the 90-day truce it reached in its trade war with China as a significant breakthrough despite scant details, a hazy timetable and widespread skepticism that Beijing will yield to U.S. demands anytime soon.

Stocks slide on Wall Street as markets turn jittery again, Dow Jones Industrial Average sinks 500.

The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 8:30 a.m.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday repeated his threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea, if the U.S. shuts off Iran's oil exports.

The Latest on the US-China trade truce (all times local): ___ 10:46 a.m.

Wages have declined even as economic output meaningfully increased, a recent study shows.

The overall U.S. economy is very strong, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

Last week the president said he was considering imposing tariffs on all auto imports.