Economy News Americans Haven T Felt This Good About The Economy In Almost Two Years

Shoppers are powering the economy even as they balk at prices

An acceleration of consumer spending helped propel the economic surge, the agency said. Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. economic activity. Shoppers opened up their wallets for ... Read More

The Economy Avoided a Recession in 2025, but Many Americans Are Reeling

A feared recession didn’t materialize, but unemployment rose, wage growth slowed and affordability challenges are mounting. Read More

Why so many Americans dislike this fast-growing economy

Data this week showed that the American economy is growing at its fastest pace in two years — and yet polling shows the mood on Main Street is grim. Read More

We asked experts to rate the U.S. economy in 2025. Here's what they said.

The economy remained on track this year, defying the gloomiest predictions. That doesn't mean Americans are thrilled with how things are going. Read More

Americans say the economy is lousy, but their spending habits say the economy is pretty good. What’s going on?

Tariffs, rising inflation and fewer new jobs cast a pall over the economy in 2025. Next year might be different. Read More

The US economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years as wealthier Americans kept spending

An initial reading of third-quarter gross domestic product showed the US economy expanded at an inflation-adjusted annualized rate of 4.3%, a far faster pace than the 3.8% recorded in the second ... Read More

Americans are nerve-wracked about the economy as Black Friday and the holiday shopping season kick off. Consumer confidence slumps again.

People shop at a discount store in New York. Americans haven't been this glum about the economy since the pandemic. High anxiety is the state of mind among Americans as the holiday shopping season ... Read More

Grinch economy: Americans feeling stingy this holiday season as personal debt, economic uncertainty looms

Maybe Christmas . . . doesn’t come from a store. Nearly two in three Americans say the economy will make the holidays less fun this year, according to a new report from WalletHub called “The Grinch ... Read More

The American middle class is shrinking, and that’s OK (Opinion)

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half century ... Read More