WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent four years upending seven decades of American trade policy. In what became his defining economic act, Trump launched a…

SILVER SPRING, Md. — U.S. consumer confidence dipped slightly in October as a new wave of coronavirus cases began across the country. The Conference Board…

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are drifting today, as momentum slows a day after Wall Street slumped to its worst loss in a month on…

WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices posted a robust gain in August — another sign that the American housing market remains strong despite economic fallout from…

Caterpillar’s sales fell 23% in the third quarter as the pandemic throttled demand for construction equipment and a trade war with China continues to create…

KENILWORTH, N.J. — Drugmaker Merck boosted its third-quarter profit by 55% and blew past Wall Street expectations, due to slightly higher sales, restrained spending and…

Drugmaker Pfizer saw its third-quarter profit plunge 71%, mainly due to an $8.1 billion gain a year earlier from selling its consumer health care business…