Economy News Us Labor Market Resilience Keeps Economy Afloat As Year Ends

Investing legend Mohamed El-Erian says he's kept up at night by 2 big problems with the US economy

Weakness among lower-income Americans could spread and "contaminate" other parts of the US economy, El-Erian warned. Read More

‘Jenga Tower’ US Economy Teeters as Middle Class Pulls Back Spending

The surprising resilience of the US economy this year is masking underlying weakness among low- and middle-income households, as higher-income Americans continue to drive growth. Read More

End of US government shutdown won't lift economic fog

The end of the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown is in sight, which means official economic data will soon be forthcoming. But even if investors and the Federal Reserve are breathing a sigh of ... Read More

Fed's Powell points to persistent labor market weakness as government shutdown delays official reports

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday said that the economy continues to see a softening of the labor market despite the government shutdown delaying the release of official jobs and ... Read More

Economy shows ‘resilience’ despite ‘thorny issues,’ CSUF economists say

While an uptick in inflation is unsettling, the recent news from the labor market is “downright alarming,” they said. Read More

The government is back open. Here’s what that means for economic data

The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the gold-standard federal data that is crucial in analyzing the health and trajectory ... Read More

Trump’s Own Fed Pick Admits Economy Is Tanking Under His Watch

President Donald Trump keeps boasting about a booming economy, but one of his own appointees just broke ranks. Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran, 42, warned this week that the labor market is ... Read More

Wall St Week Ahead Investors watching US economic signs as market pulls back, tech teeters

Investors will seek clues about the health of the U.S. economy in the coming week following worrisome labor market reports and technology-led turbulence that has knocked the stock market off record ... Read More

The U.S. economy is slowing — and the nation’s top economists don’t expect it to improve much over the next year

First came the post-pandemic surge in prices. Then came the fastest jump in interest rates in four decades. Now, Americans are contending with a global trade war and a slowing job market. After five ... Read More

Will tariffs slow the U.S. economy in 2026?

The U.S. economy has largely weathered historically high tariffs so far this year, but a new study says tariffs will hit Americans in 2026. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and ... Read More