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The U.S. economy has shown resilience in the face of President Donald Trump’s policies, but the war with Iran has driven up ...

Americans are growing more pessimistic about the US economy as the war on Iran continues to roil markets, with sentiment ...

President Donald Trump made a passionate defense of the US economy during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.

After humming along at a robust pace for much of 2025, the economy hit a wall in the fourth quarter, with a six-week government shutdown and slowdown in consumer spending stunting growth at the end of ...

U.S. economic growth slowed in the final three months of last year, dragged down by the six-week shutdown of the federal government and a pullback in consumer spending. The nation's gross domestic ...

The U.S. economy was in worse shape in the weeks before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran than earlier government estimates had suggested.

GDP grew at a sluggish 0.7% pace in the final months of 2025 as the government shutdown hurt economic activity.

More Americans believe the economy and stock market will get better within six months instead of decline, according to a new survey. In the Gallup poll, 50 percent of respondents said the stock market ...