In September, American retail sales grew by just 0.2. percent, falling below economists’ forecasts and slowing sharply from previous months.
Category: TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT – Dec 2 2025
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LOW-INCOME AMERICANS “SCRAPING FOR CRUMBS” AMID AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
“It feels like everything is closing in around us,” Anissa Camacho, a 26-year-old florist in Bethlehem, Penn., told the Financial Times.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
One of the latest on an economic downside in the U.S. is the Apartment List report showing that the median rent for apartments in what used to be “The Land of Opportunity,” fell 1 percent last month from October, and is down for the fourth month in a row.
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U.S. ECONOMY IS NOW DEPENDENT ON AI SPENDING
Investment in artificial intelligence (AI) programs and infrastructure accounted for as much as half the U.S.’s economic expansion during this year’s first half, according to The Wall Street Journal. At the same time, investments in AI-related stocks have soared in value, vastly multiplying the household wealth of many Americans.