Fearing Trump will wreck the economy? See why history shows the stock market thrives regardless of who’s in the White House.

At the World Economic Forum, President Trump's return to the White House overshadowed traditional talk on climate change, trade and development.

Donald Trump will shortly be sworn in as the 47th president of the U.S., and financial markets are pivoting their focus to the anticipated policies.

The German economy has shrunk for two years in a row, will stagnate in 2025, and hardly grow thereafter. Faced with deep-seated structural challenges, Europe’s powerhouse is in an economic existential crisis.

The Canadian stock market stands to benefit from the expected election this year of a Conservative government that favors business-friendly economic policies and that could help reduce trade uncertainty with the United States,

Before the election, we asked JD Vance what could be done to improve the economy and bring down inflation. Here’s what he told us.

“The Iowa Business Council members are extremely optimistic about the future of Iowa’s economy,” Joe Murphy, president of the Iowa Business Council, said. Murphy said overall, the election results are boosting the confidence for Iowa business owners.

An early payoff has already been scored by TikTok, the video-sharing app that spent months currying favor with the then-candidate Trump in hopes that if he won the election, he would help it survive a threatened shutdown.

WITH economic growth proving so elusive in Germany, the final month of the Feb 23, 2025, election campaign had previously been expected to centre around how best to rejuvenate the business landscape.

The German economy shrank for the second straight year in 2024 as worried consumers held back on spending and Chinese competition ate into the country’s traditional exports of cars and industrial machinery.

Germany is in the middle of its worst economic slowdown in years. Official figures show two years of consecutive GDP contraction, and 2025 is unlikely to bring any relief, projected at near-zero growth.

Economic concerns motivated many voters to go to the polls in 2024, but they were even bigger priorities for young Americans who did not vote, according to a new poll conducted by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University's Jonathan M.