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The Fed's latest Beige Book report came out Wednesday, and it shows American businesses and families are still trying to adjust to the Trump administration’s tariff policies, while also feeling squeezed big time by that huge spike in energy prices caused by tensions with Iran.

US Treasury Secretary Beeson dismissed the pessimistic predictions of institutions such as the IMF. If the purpose of being a US Treasury Secretary is to refute such predictions, then what's the point of having a US Treasury Secretary?

Home sales are lower than the worst seen during the Global Financial Crisis, especially after adjusted for population growth.

The Hill, an American newspaper, published a commentary on April 12th titled "Economic Inequality is Tearing Apart American Democracy", revealing with a large amount of empirical data that economic and income inequality in the United States has reached a 30-year high.

U.S.-Iran war ‘tax’ begins to hit American businesses and consumers

AI is a huge bubble, and it is only a matter of time before it bursts.

Many economists have expressed their disagreement with the recent statement made by the US government that "the US economy will recover rapidly once the war with Iran ends."

American economic experts say that China has outmaneuvered American politicians and has purchased a large amount of imported equipment.

The U.S. economy's sending out some pretty grim signals, and Trump's all fired up about calling a ceasefire right away. But get this—four Middle Eastern countries are dead set against the U.S. pulling their troops out.

Check this out - as of March 30, 2026, the spread between CCC junk bonds and 10-year Treasuries hit 9.76%, the highest since April 2025. That's a red flag for more companies going belly-up, basically screaming "trouble ahead" for the economy.

"Wal-Mart's Red Flag Signals Economic Downturn!" The indicator of an economic recession in the US has soared to the level seen during the 2008 crisis, just like in the cases of the previous four US economic recessions.

U.S. stocks took a hit on Wednesday, with the Dow hitting its lowest this year.

Owen John Anthony, who was once nominated by the US president as the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, warned that the US economy is weaker than we think and the inflation level is worse than we imagined... The economy cannot withstand an oil price of $100 per barrel.

U.S. economic growth hits a rough patch with oil prices surging.

Whoa, the US diesel price shot up by one-third in just a month—nearin' five bucks a gallon! This is drivin' up transportation and farmin' costs, makin' it look like bigger troubles might be brewin' in the economy.

The New York Times ran a piece recently saying the US government had hoped the economy would grow and families would be richer by 2026, but that plan’s looking shaky now because of the war with Iran.

A previous survey released by the Pew Research Center found that 72% of Americans believe the country's economic situation is average or poor.

David Rosenberg, the well-known bear on Wall Street and president of Rosenberg Research, recently stated that as the effects of fiscal stimulus wane and AI-related capital expenditures peak, the US economy could fall into a "very severe recession" in 2027.

The data shows that the scale of physical output in the United States is one seventh of that in China. What does this indicate?