The economy’s warning lights might not yet be flashing red, but they are certainly flashing yellow. The worst job numbers since the Great Recession, the slowest economic growth since COVID, and the worst inflation in nearly two years—these are not the signs of a healthy economy.

President Trump, in a rally-like speech in Kentucky, stressed familiar talking points on the economy, highlighting tax cuts and economic growth. He also boasted about the stock market, which has fallen since the war in Iran began and oil prices spiked.

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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 combines Americans’ assessments of current economic ...

The economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter, according to the official report on Gross Domestic Product. Widespread worry about consumers and businesses postponing purchases and hiring decisions has led economists to raise their estimated risk of ...

Depending upon the selected set of goods and services used, multiple types of inflation values are calculated and tracked as inflation indexes. The most commonly used inflation indexes are the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producer Price Index (PPI), formerly known as the Wholesale Price Index (WPI). 9 10

Overall, Americans continue to rate economic conditions negatively, with just 23% calling them excellent or good. And their expectations for the economy a year from now have grown more pessimistic since February. Prices of food and consumer goods, housing ...

During President Trump's first term, the economy was a relative strength of his. During the 2024 presidential campaign, his promises to lower prices in a country grappling with post-COVID inflation propelled him back into office. But toward the end of his ...

For most of the postwar period, U.S. international economic policy was primarily aimed at seizing opportunities: opening global markets, promoting growth, improving efficiency. Today, it is largely about managing risks, whether transnational challenges ...

Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind the erosion of democratic norms and institutions ...

Vice President Harris’s recent proposals laid out as part of her Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families could increase the nation’s deficits by $1.7 trillion over a decade, a new analysis found, though the campaign is vowing offsets through taxes ...

Anna Strauss Campbell has been appointed senior vice president of business development and community relations at the Greater Sacramento Economic Council, where she will lead the organization’s business development strategy and community partnerships.