Trump fired the BLS chief last year over 'rigged' data claims. New research says the move cost the US economy $20 billion

The analysis argues the firing increased policy uncertainty, causing businesses to delay investment decisions and slowing economic activity.

US economy added fewer jobs than expected in June as World Cup fails to boost hiring – as it happened

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Latest jobs report delivers fresh blow to the US economy

America's labor market sent another warning sign Thursday as the latest jobs report painted a mixed picture of slowing hiring and a shrinking workforce.
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America is mighty—but becoming less dominant

Ahead of its 250th birthday, an empirical look shows the world’s leading country no longer stands so far apart

US economy expanded at solid 2.1% pace in January-March, government says, upgrading last estimate

The U.S. economy expanded at a solid and unexpected 2.1% annual pace from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in its final estimate of first-quarter growth

Here's a top firm's investing playbook before the US economy enters a red-hot inflationary growth cycle

Stifel said it believes the US economy is entering a new "running hot" regime, a dynamic where growth accelerates and inflation picks up.

US defies forecasts of economic slowdown, but its growth isn’t making ordinary people better off

US economic growth is picking up again after a slowdown towards the end of 2025. According to price data released on May 28, US GDP grew by 1.6% year-on-year in the first quarter

The American Economy Is Growing, But Workers Are Getting A Shrinking Slice

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What's good for the US economy now may not be good for stocks

The U.S. economy and the U.S. stock market are starting to go their own ways. "The one thing that sticks out to me is that through a period of higher energy prices, consumers have remained resilient in their spending in non-energy goods and services,
American Enterprise Institute

A Vulnerable US Economy

Unhealthy economic imbalances have come to characterize the US economy not as single spies but in battalions. The country’s public finances are on an unsustainable path; reckless private sector and commercial real estate loans have piled up; the stock ...

This number helps explain why many Americans are down on the economy

American workers' share of the nation's income is at its lowest point in almost 80 years, as more of the economy's gains flow to corporations and investors.