What does the media get wrong on the economy? Here's part two of what USA TODAY readers said about real-world experiences and ...

The American economy at the end of 2025 looks very different from a year ago. Tariffs are higher, AI occupies a greater share ...

The latest data means 2025 saw the weakest annual job growth since 2003, with just 584,000 jobs added last year.

Hiring slowed more than expected in December, a sluggish end to what was one of the weakest years of job growth in decades, a dynamic that further amplified America’s affordability crisis.

Goldman Sachs economists predict U.S. economic growth will accelerate to 2.6% in 2026, driven by tax cuts, reduced tariff drag and Federal Reserve rate cuts.

In recent months, economists have closely monitored the US labor market as signs of a slowdown began to emerge. December’s ...

Recession worries are spreading, but analysts don’t expect a dire economic slowdown in 2025 and are looking for growth to reaccelerate next year. Heightened risk factors like a rapidly cooling labor ...

Hello. I'm Louie. I run the USA TODAY Opinion team, and I need your help. You see, we're trying to figure out what to write about the economy. Our columnists have written a few things, and we've had ...

The US remains the world's richest country with a GDP of $29.18 trillion. Each state's GDP compares to that of another country US GDP fell in Q1 this year, the first decline since 2022. The US still ...

We asked you, our readers, how we needed to change the way we write about the economy and what we as opinion writers – and the rest of the news media – were getting wrong. You weren't shy about ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Fears of a recession are back on investors’ minds. But predicting the onset of an economic downturn, let alone the length and severity of one, is difficult even for the experts. As a rule of thumb, ...