Steve Liesman

Is the U.S. economy on the verge of a recession? Multiple experts said this week there are no signs of a coming economic downturn — despite a rocky period for the markets and pressures such as a Sino-American trade war.  Fed's Mester: Job Is To 'Gear The Economy' The...

Major U.S. stock indices rallied higher Friday morning, in part due to supportive comments from New York Federal Reserve President John Williams. What Happened CNBC's Steve Liesman posed a simple question to Williams in a Friday interview: are you listening to the message the market is...

President-elect Donald Trump may have made a large error in his first press conference following his election win on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Trump was asked a standard question on the economy. He answered that there "are 96 million [people] wanting a job and they can't get [one]. You...

President-elect Donald Trump's tweets are causing a firestorm among defense stocks. First, Trump blasted Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) over the soaring cost of manufacturing the next-generation Air Force One fleet. The president-elect also targeted Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) on December 12 over...

Did monetary policy help President-elect Donald Trump win the race to the White House? According to billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller, the answer is a simple yes. "Of course it did,"Druckenmiller said on Thursday's edition of CNBC's "Squawk Box." "It was just a small part of it. But of...

The wealth of information and opinions spread on Twitter has grown each and every year since its inception in 2006. Benzinga will try to collect some of the notable tweets from the business, media and financial markets as days go by. Some may be newsworthy, some may be humorous - all help...