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The stock market is experiencing whiplash, with the shrinking of the U.S. economy in the first quarter underscoring ...

April was one of the wildest months in recent memory for markets, capped off by a key data release that showed the economy ...

Markets wavered Wednesday and ended nearly flat following news of the first U.S. economic contraction in three years.

U.S. stocks are falling following a report suggesting the U.S. economy may have shrunk at the start of the year.

The trio of weak economic data points hit the stock market Wednesday as investors dealt with concerns that the US economy is ...

The US economy contracted at a rate of 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025. The slowdown in GDP growth was driven by a surge in ...

U.S. stocks are sinking following a discouraging report suggesting the U.S. economy may have shrunk at the start of the year, ...

U.S. stock futures point to a lower open after rising Tuesday on hopes trade deals are getting done and Trump's tariff plan ...

A surprise contraction in the economy sent stocks reeling Wednesday but the market recovered somewhat as the morning wore on. Dow Jones Industrial Average component Nvidia fell as its partner Super ...

The tariff-fueled drop in stocks would be relatively mild compared to what the market could see if recession strikes, Goldman ...

Stocks in the U.S. are sinking as investors digest data indicating the economy shrank 0.3% in the first quarter.