One-third of swing-state voters who voted for Trump replied in an open-ended question that they voted for him because of the economy.

The U.S. stock market has had two big back-to-back years, topping a 20% return for both 2023 and 2024. Gains in 2024 accelerated after President-elect Donald Trump won re-election in November,

Donald Trump seemed poised to inherit a relatively strong economy when he begins a second term in the White House in January

This week on 22News InFocus we'll be talking looking at the impact of a new administration in the White House, the changing political landscape, and the economy.

The presidential election took center stage throughout much of 2024. Here are some of the year's other news in graphics, maps and illustrations.

Financial markets – which are dominated by US equities (over 65% of world market cap), are starting 2025 from a vertiginous place.

The Albanese government will spend an extra $19 billion on childcare, healthcare and other priorities as it prepares to face voters without the economic recovery it had hoped for, the mid-year budget has revealed.

Leading contenders in Germany’s upcoming election have presented their programs, setting out contrasting visions of how to put new vigor into Europe’s biggest economy and tackle other issues such as migration.

Since winning the UK’s general election in July, Labour has faced sharp swings in the economic outlook and a shifting public mood.

Germany's main political parties will present their election programmes on Tuesday, a day after parliament backed a no-confidence motion in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government, paving the way for a snap election on Feb.

But 10 percent is still relatively low compared with other major issues in the election. The percentage of respondents choosing an issue related to the economy*** in the same surveys averaged 39 percent in polls conducted in October 2024, much higher than the percentage saying abortion was their top issue, which averaged 9 percent in October.

Polls close in Ghana’s general election in the shadow of the worst economic crisis in a generation Ghanaians go to the polls with the backdrop of the worst economic crisis in a generation “We want a Ghana that considers the well-being of all her ...