Solid jobs data and a soft inflation reading for January are welcome news for President Trump. But the bigger economic ...
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The U.S. economy opened 2026 on better footing, with the latest jobs report showing employers added 130,000 jobs in January.
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This Is the Trump Economy: Job Growth Crushes Expectations as More Americans Work for Higher Wages
Today’s blockbuster, expectation-shattering jobs report proves that President Trump’s economic agenda continues to pay off. The unemployment rate fell ...
Explore how the guns-and-butter curve illustrates opportunity cost and economic trade-offs between military and domestic spending, with key historical examples.
From markets to spending to debt, usually reliable indicators that forecast where the economy is headed are proving deeply ...
Americans’ confidence in the economy slipped in November to negative 30, according to the latest Gallup poll, the lowest level recorded since July 2024. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index — which ...
Senior Trump administration officials are forecasting a boom for the U.S. economy in 2026, driven by Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and historically large tax refunds. "This quarter — the first ...
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