Josh Barro

Republicans in Congress complain that Twitter and Facebook are out to get them, such as censoring the New York Post's Hunter Biden stories. But it's liberal customers who have the...

Some people are reading President Trump's taxes â?" or the New York Times' account of what was in his taxes over the last 20 years â?" much too literally.

United, Delta, and American Airlines announced they are suspending change fees even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. This shift in business strategy means consumers will probably...

August's jobs report, which showed unemployment declining and new jobs being created slightly faster than expected, painted a picture of an economy recovering at a decent clip.

General merchandise retailers like Walmart and Target have done especially well under COVID, for a few reasons.

Retail sales rose 1.2 percent from June, according to the Census Bureau, but the nature of consumer spending on goods is still far from normal, and without another stimulus,...

The COVID-19 pandemic may be ravaging the movie industry, but it's also presenting opportunities to think outside the box office, like Disney's plan to release its $200 million...

The news for Gotham homeowners is not great â?" but also not catastrophic. Home price trends in the New York area reflect some changes in consumer demand that seem likely to be...

Here, some good explanations for why stocks would appear to shrug off the very serious economic problems the virus has caused this summer.

Limited capacity may be possible at theme parks and retail stores during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it probably won't work at schools if we hope for any kind of normal educational...

Even during the destabilizing economic crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic, the cost to rent a home has so far remained surprisingly stable.

Expect a longer-run drop in demand and a smaller airline sector for a period of years ahead. A full recovery might not come until there is a coronavirus vaccine or effective...

The company is aiming for a reopening in mid-July. But, for many reasons, the experience won't be what you are used to.

Millions lost their jobs, but those declines were more than offset by an enormous increase in government social benefits.

Expect hundreds of thousands of the company's cars to show up at used car dealerships soon. That will have carryover effects for carmakers.

Mark Zuckerberg plans to let more employees permanently work from home, but he wants to pay those who live in inexpensive places less.

Negative supply shocks are bad for the economy. But if you believe this one will reverse itself in pretty short order, then you might be able to tell a better story about the outlook...

He was a long-time skeptic of the industry. Then he changed his mind. Now he's changed his mind again.

Mitch McConnell's notion that states should be left to declare bankruptcy is ridiculous, as the negative economic and social effects of leaving states to scramble to pay their debts...

Even a state with a "reopened" economy will remain mostly frozen if consumers are reluctant to participate in the economy.

The Federal Reserve was better prepared for the coronavirus pandemic than other institutions, thanks in large part to the lessons it learned during the financial crisis.

Coronavirus-prompted schedule reductions haven't lined up with the drop in demand, as obstacles like logistics, DOT obligations, and algae get in the way.

My strategy had long been to buy and hold for the long term. That changed â?" in part, anyway â?" earlier this month.

The coronavirus endgame depends on a series of unknowns. We keep getting more data, but we still don't know how inherently infectious or deadly the COVID-19 virus is. We don't know...

As Covid-19 novel coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S., airlines are cutting down on the frequency of service on some major business routes, while easing off re-booking...

Stocks for major lodging and airline companies are getting smashed. Declining travel is both a symptom and a cause of broader economic problems.

A look at the companies â?" including Zoom Video Communication, Clorox, and Campbell's Soup, that bucked Monday's 1,000-point Dow Jones drop paints a bleak picture of what a...

There's a button to recline your seat because that's a thing you're allowed to do; there's no button to shake the seat in front of you.

If Musk's instinct in 2018 was to buy shares when the price was low, it makes sense that Tesla is now selling stock when the price is high.

How does one keep Masayoshi Son from squandering more of his billions on projects like WeWork?

The volatility in the markets reflects uncertainty about how widespread the coronavirus outbreak will be, and how long it will last.

History suggests that outbreaks like the one in China can have negative effects that go well beyond their death tolls.

Intensifying competition in the U.S. and questions about cash flow raise existential questions for the streaming giant.

Sometimes stocking up can be a great investment — and sometimes a waste of money.

Workers at the bottom end of the scale have been doing best for a change. What's driving it?