U.S. business activity this month is the slowest since April 2025, S&P Global reported.
Tag: U.S. Economy
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HOUSING STARTS SURGED AT THE END OF 2025 BUT BUILDERS REMAIN GLUM
In December, construction began on 4.1 percent more single-family homes than in December 2024, the census bureau said. The 981,000 new units represent an increase from November’s 942,000 and October’s 894,000.
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ORDERS FOR U.S.-MADE CAPITAL GOODS RISE MORE THAN EXPECTED IN DECEMBER
U.S. factories received 0.6 percent more orders for non-defense capital goods other than aircraft in December compared to November, the U.S. commerce department reported, and the agency revised its November figure upward to a 0.8-percent increase.
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U.S. 2025 TRADE DEFICIT RIVALS 2022’S RECORD LEVEL
Despite Donald Trump’s tariff blitz, the U.S. piled up a trade deficit of $901.5 billion in 2025, coming close to the record of $923.7 billion set in 2022.
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U.S. GDP GREW BY JUST 1.4 PERCENT IN LAST YEAR’S FOURTH QUARTER
The U.S. economy expanded by 1.4 percent in 2025’s final quarter, barely half of the 2.5 percent forecast by Dow Jones.
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MARKET OVERVIEW
As we had forecast, one of our Top Trends for 2026 is a Dot-com Bust 2.0, and now that reality is hitting The Street. Yesterday, U.S. equities plunged as the Wall Street gambling gang could no longer ignore the reality of how artificial intelligence will overtake human intelligence in many business sectors.
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TRUMP EMPLOYS ‘PLAN B’ AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING ON ‘RECIPROCAL’ IMPORT TARIFFS
The Trump administration responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling last week that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) in a 6-3 opinion that was seen as a blow to the White House’s economic agenda.
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U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT SLASHES JOB GROWTH TOTALS AGAIN
In 2025, U.S. businesses added just 181,000 nonfarm jobs, an average of barely 15,000 a month and 69 percent fewer than the 584,000 previously estimated, the U.S. labor department said last week.
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AMERICANS BEAR BRUNT OF TRUMP’S TARIFFS, DESPITE ASSURANCES FROM WHITE HOUSE
The New York Federal Reserve released a study last week that found the American consumer and companies paid about 90 percent of the tariffs that were implemented under President Donald Trump, despite promises from the White House that trading partners would bear the brunt of the costs.
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U.S. HOME SALES DROP SHARPLY, SIGNALING “NEW HOUSING CRISIS”
In January, the sale of pre-owned U.S. homes dove 8.4 percent from December’s volume and 4.4 percent below the number in January 2025 to set the slowest pace since December 2023 and the sharpest month-on-month decline since February 2022, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported.