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The overall economy has proved resilient in recent years, even as many households have struggled. The war with Iran is following the same pattern.
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The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a second estimate released on Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Hiring at US businesses unexpectedly plunged last month as employers shed an estimated 92,000 jobs, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The US economy, hobbled by last fall’s 43-day government shutdown, advanced at an unexpectedly sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Friday in a big downgrade of its initial estimate.
US central bankers, who will announce their next interest rate decision later today, face a policy dilemma: rising pricing pressures on one side, and slowing economic growth on the other. As DataTrek’s Jessica Rabe wrote in a note this week,
The Trump economy is beginning to deliver, and Americans are poised to see the benefits, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. He pointed to cooling inflation and record market highs as signs that "Main Street is about to prosper." Bessent said ...
Recently a column entitled “Trump’s erratic behavior undermines America’s economy” appeared in this publication. The state of the economy always tops the lists of concerns Americans face and drives a lot of decisions on election day. For that ...
A combination of the words "boom" and "recession," the term highlights the disconnect between surging economic data and the financial hardships many Americans are seeing in their daily lives. “Traditionally,
Fed officials didn’t make any rate moves at their March meeting and released an updated forecast for the path of the American economy as the war in Iran stretches on.