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?
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.
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."
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.
🚨#BREAKING: Complete and total CHAOS in the Atlanta Airport right now as wait times for TSA have stretched to well over TWO HOURS.
Officials are recommending to arrive at the airport a mind-blowing 4 HOURS before departure...
...THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD!!!!!!!!!
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.
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.
Goldman Sachs has downgraded its forecast for the US economy, pushed back its expectation for interest rate cuts to September, and warned that the stock market sell-off could exceed the average level.
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.
✨🇨🇳This is an industrial robot working at a construction site in China. It's a tile-laying robot, automatically applying tiles on walls or floors with precise positioning and bonding.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk dropped a bombshell in a recent podcast, saying that without AI and robotics, the U.S. is totally doomed—like, 1000% headed for bankruptcy and decline.
About one-third of Americans rated politics and government as the top issue facing their nation, behind only Taiwan — which faces the prospect of an invasion from China — and on par with Slovenia, Spain and South Korea.
Inflation and the ability of Democrats and Republicans to work together top the public’s list of the biggest problems facing the country, with 62% of Americans describing inflation as a very big problem and 60% saying this about bipartisan cooperation.
Although the annual inflation rate has decreased from 3% when Trump took office last January, it is still higher than the 2% target set by the US central bank - the Federal Reserve.
