AI is sending stocks soaring, rich people are spending big, and hiring is at a crawl. Here’s why.

New Fed study estimates tariffs cost the U.S. economy 19,000 jobs per month in 2025, potentially raising unemployment by 0.1 percentage points.

The weakness in job growth points to an economy that may be slowing even more than some of the traditional metrics are showing.

Gottlob is the director of New Hampshire Employment Security's Economic and Labor Market Bureau and principal of PolEcon Research, a Dover-based economic research company. He presented his annual economic forecast last week at an event presented by the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. December 2025 jobs numbers came out: 50,000 job growth, unemployment down to 4.4%, average hourly earnings up 3.8% ...

The health-care sector has powered job growth in the U.S. economy in 2025. That's largely because baby boomers are hurtling into their retirement years, boosting health-care demand since older adults generally need more medical services. That ...

The U.S. economy under Trump's second term faces challenges with high tariffs, slowing job growth, volatile markets, and public discontent with economic policies.

MIDLAND, Texas — Devin Torres walked from booth to booth seeking a better opportunity to provide for his family. He left his drilling job over the summer to be there for his wife and newborn son. But after a month of struggling to put food on the table ...

A patient room at the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Michigan’s economy hinges on the fact that its citizens are getting older and sicker.