Executives at Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, see some signs of stress among shoppers.

Olivia Cruz takes an hourlong bus ride in the morning to clean clients’ homes in the Olmos Park neighborhood.

Kevin M. Warsh will be at a Senate hearing next week to consider him as the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

New International Monetary Fund projections showed a global economy that was stopped in its tracks by the U.S. war in Iran.

The December jobs tally showed how President Trump’s agenda may have impacted the economy during his first year back in office.

President Trump has said anybody who disagrees with him will never get the top job at the Federal Reserve, prompting concern that his nominee will prioritize pleasing him over all else.

The Washington headquarters of the Labor Department, whose Bureau of Labor Statistics would normally be releasing September employment data on Friday.

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair.

An auto factory in China. President Trump has imposed duties on goods from allies like the European Union, Canada and India, as well as rivals like China.

Katrina Golden, at her coffee and cake shop, Lil Mama’s Sweets & Treats, inside the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Ga.

Shoppers at a mall in Miami Beach, Fla.

Assembling refrigeration and air-conditioning units at a factory for the Danish company Danfoss, in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Legislation being advanced by Republicans in Congress would substantially increase the tax bills for many foreign companies that operate in the United States, raising more than $100 billion over a decade.

“It’s really not at all clear what it is we should do,” Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said during a news conference on Wednesday in Washington.