The economy in 2025 was filled with contradictions, as growth was healthy while hiring slowed, inflation stayed elevated and unemployment rose.

Wage growth is finally outrunning inflation, and that shift is quietly rewiring the outlook for the United States economy.

Black Friday sales before Christmas contributed to price falls in furniture, footwear and clothing, suggesting some of the ...

And if 2026 forecasts are correct, we may have to keep waiting.

From stubbornly high living costs to a softer labor market, economists say these are the forces that will shape the year ...

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

For a century, economists have taught us to fear falling prices. But the deflation phobia stems from a misreading of the ...

There’s any number of directions tariff rates could go—a small increase, a big increase, no increase—from here forward. And depending on that, there’s a lot of different directions that monetary ...

President Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to criticize his predecessor about the economy, alleging former President Joe Biden caused an inflation crisis. But some of Trump’s economic ...

If the president had gotten his way, inflation would surely be rocketing again, the economy would be overheating and the Fed ...

The economic uncertainty a tariff shock inspires has historically led to a decline in inflation, according to the report.