For a while, corporate leaders largely avoided criticizing Donald Trump and his plans. As key economic indicators start to lag, that’s changing in a hurry.

Another Gallup report showed Trump’s job approval on the economy at 42%, though there were stark partisan differences in that survey. Ninety percent of Republicans in the Gallup poll approved of Trump’s handling of the economy, compared to 31% of independents and just 5% of Democrats.

After a postelection pop in confidence, consumers are turning anxious about the future and President Trump’s policies.

The stock market lost some of its shine in February, ending lower for the month after the Trump administration’s policy priorities and weak consumer sentiment made investors uneasy about the economy.

The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.

Germans go to the polls Sunday. Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats are likely to lose to the conservative CDU party, as the right-wing Alternative for Germany party is likely to make gains.

Government cost cuts to curb Romania's chronic budget deficit and avert a ratings downgrade are causing a social backlash that risks boosting support for the far-right pro-Moscow candidate in May's presidential rerun.

Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises hopes of a stable two-party coalition of conservatives and center-left Social Democrats,

Germany's opposition conservatives CDU/CSU won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next chancellor while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)came in second,