A decade ago, low-income Americans saw the highest income growth, Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok said. Today, the opposite is true.

Estimates of the economic hit from the U.S. government shutdown put the losses at up to $16 billion every week the impasse continues.

As Americans have raised concerns about rising prices, a possible recession, a cooling labor market and an ongoing government shutdown in recent months, economists have warned the U.S. economy may be “K-shaped,” with spending trends becoming divided among low- and high-income consumers.

Investors’ rosy feelings about their stock market gains are powering spending—but it’s a different story for everyone else.

This approach carries risks, as President Joe Biden learned when he ignored inflation — and then scrambled to minimize the political fallout of losing trust with the public.

The White House subsequently withdrew Mr Antoni’s nomination. Yet for the past month America’s government shutdown has subjected the country to a similar experiment: nearly all data releases have been put on pause. Can anyone make sense of America’s economy without them? And have vaunted private-sector alternatives proved adequate replacements?

A Bloomberg Economics study finds the U.S. could gain 1% GDP growth by abandoning green energy if other nations continue renewable pursuits. But if other countries follow the U.S. and pivot away from renewables, America’s economy would contract 1% alongside a 75% surge in global emissions.

Back then, about two-thirds of voters said the economy was in bad shape, according to the results of the ABC News exit poll. Forty-seven percent of voters said their own financial situation was worse than it had been four years earlier, which exceeded the share who held that view in the immediate wake of the Great Recession in 2008.

Prof Anton Muscatelli's report calls for a range of reforms to planning, business rates and skills in Scotland.

Private funding for Southeast Asia's internet economy grew 15% from a year earlier to $7.7 billion in the 12 months to June 2025, lagging the global growth rate of 25% for private equity and venture capital investments,

The impulse to trade may be as old as time, but it’s finding a way back into society in a time of economic uncertainty.

The effect will probably be mostly temporary, but will leave a data fog at an otherwise uncertain time for the economy.