A “buoyant″ U.S. economy is poised to see accelerated growth and lower unemployment this year. But big federal budget debts ”represent a growing stability risk,″ the International Monetary Fund said ...

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday voiced a flurry of upbeat claims about the U.S. economy in his State of the Union address.

The U.S. economy has continued to grow at a solid 2.5% compound rate since 2009, with unemployment stable near 4.0%. Federal ...

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz pointed to several concerns he had about the US economy, like the decline in blue-collar jobs ...

U.S. economic growth slowed in the final three months of last year, dragged down by the six-week shutdown of the federal ...

President Trump's new tariffs could further strain global trade relations, pushing businesses to operate more cautiously and hurting the U.S. economy.

The economy endured some turbulence and managed some unexpected wins.

The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to an estimate released on Friday by the ...

The economy had grown by 4.4% the quarter prior.

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the fourth quarter, with ...