The US economy has come down with a case of early-onset stagflation

Two key reports released Thursday showed the US economy may be in a state of early-onset stagflation — a toxic one-two punch of slow economic growth and rising prices. Read More

Peterson Institute's Mary Lovely discusses the state of the U.S. economy

NPR asks Mary Lovely, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, why she believes the U.S. economy is at an inflection point and what factors play into where it may go next. Read More

The U.S. Economy Is Resilient but Cracks Are Showing. Here’s Why.

Economists braced for the worst when President Trump announced his tariff plan in April, yet the U.S. economy remained resilient. Here’s how that strength could be tested in the coming months. Read More

U.S. Leading Indicators Reflect Slowing Economy Ahead

The U.S. economy continues to show signals it will slow in the second half of 2025, as the impact of tariffs weigh more strongly amid weak consumer sentiment, a monthly set of economic indicators say. Read More

Trump vs. the U.S. Economy

Natasha Sarin walks through how Trump’s tariffs, the A.I. boom and the leadership shake-up at the Bureau of Labor Statistics are impacting the economy. This is an edited transcript of an episode of ... Read More

Powell Is on the Cusp of Taking a Big Gamble With the U.S. Economy

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, rising inflation and White House pressure to cut interest rates. Jerome H. Read More

Stock market may be obscuring 'important realities' about the U.S. economy

The U.S. stock market closed mostly lower Wednesday, as investors assessed minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting. The U.S. stock market remains not far off its record peak even after stumbling ... Read More

‘Sneakflation’: How Trump’s tariffs are gradually raising costs for American consumers

When tariffs are tacked on to many imported goods, someone’s got to foot the bill. According to President Donald Trump, foreign countries and overseas businesses are eating the cost. But evidence ... Read More

The fate of U.S. economy may lie with the Supreme Court

Two of President Trump's key economic policies appear headed for the Supreme Court: high global tariffs and his unprecedented firing of a Federal Reserve board member. Why it matters: These cases ... Read More