To answer that anxiety, Trump had a series of easy-to-understand fixes that he laid out at every rally that were especially good for hourly workers — no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime pay, no taxes on Social Security benefits. Are those ideas feasible? Who knows? At least he had a plan, voters said.

CBS News polling showed that 45% of voters said their financial situation was worse today than it was four years ago.

Roughly two-thirds of voters rated the economy as “not so good” or “poor,” compared to just one-third who rated it as “excellent” or “good,” exit polls found.

In this election, an estimated 55% of Latino male voters favored Trump, up from 32% in 2016, exit polls showed. That shift, experts say, is a sign that the immigrant experience is less of a factor in the diverse Latino population than pocketbook and quality-of-life issues like crime.

The U.S. presidential election result has ensured a sharp turn in economic policy expected to upend global commerce and diverge from decades of American norms.

The U.S. economy has been running smoothly for the most part, but that could change depending on what happens at the polls Tuesday, especially if the outcome isn't immediately clear.

In the aftermath of the U.S. election this week, there was a sudden spike in online searches for an old political quote: "It's the economy, stupid." That generation-old rallying cry from Bill Clinton's senior strategist enjoyed renewed notoriety amid attempts to diagnose what just happened in this ground-rattling vote.

While Americans remain frustrated about elevated prices due to inflation, the economy didn’t actually rank as the No. 1 issue for voters overall, according to preliminary exit polls. The polls, done by Edison Research for a group of media companies,

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down complex financial topics in plainspoken language ...

President-elect Donald Trump tapped into deep anxieties about an economy that seemed unable despite its recent growth to meet the needs of the middle class.

AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide, found a country mired in negativity and desperate for change.

The president-elect plans tariffs and tax cuts, like in his first term. There are risks with both, but also lots of caveats.