Brent Crude prices have spiked. In his State of the Union address last Tuesday, President Trump said that gas prices are “now below $2.30 a gallon in most states and in some places, $1.99 a gallon.”
Tag: U.S. Economy
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TOP TREND 2026: DOT-COM BUST 2.0
What goes up must come down and a growing number of stock market players are expecting that time has come for AI stocks, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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TRUMP ADVISOR BERATES FED BANK FOR “WORST” REPORT “IN HISTORY”
Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released an analysis showing that Americans – not foreign companies or governments – are paying 90 percent of the cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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PRIVATE LENDER DUMPS $1.4 BILLION IN ASSETS, RATTLING INVESTORS
The private credit industry, a magnet for wealthy investors not long ago, has been slammed by a loss of confidence after two companies deep in private debt went spectacularly bankrupt last year.
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U.S. IMMIGRATION IS DOWN 80 PERCENT, RECONFIGURING LABOR MARKET
The Trump administration’s sweeping deportation of immigrants and draconian shift on U.S. immigration policy has cut net immigration into the U.S. by 80 percent, according to a Goldman Sachs study released this month.
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THE “GREAT RESIGNATION” BECOMES THE GREAT JOB CONTRACTION
At the end of the COVID War, workers owned the labor market. Companies were desperate for help as they scrambled to restore their sales and supply lines; new employees could command four- and even five-figure hiring bonuses.
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U.S. BUSINESS ACTIVITY HAS SLOWED IN FEBRUARY, S&P GLOBAL SAYS
U.S. business activity this month is the slowest since April 2025, S&P Global reported.
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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.