Category: Economics
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Market Performance in 2025: U.S and World
U.S. stock markets had outperformed the world, until 2025.
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Producer Price Indexes — November 2025
The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.2 percent in November 2025, driven primarily by a 0.9 percent rise in final demand goods (especially a 10.5 percent jump in gasoline prices), while final demand services remained unchanged.
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December 2025 CPI Report Explained: Inflation Holds at 2.7% as Housing and Food Costs Rise
The December 2025 Consumer Price Index reveals inflation holding steady at 2.7% year-over-year, with monthly prices rising 0.3%. Housing remains the primary driver at 3.2% annual growth, while food prices climbed 3.1%. Core inflation stayed at 2.6%, suggesting underlying price pressures remain elevated above the Federal Reserve’s target.
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Fact-Check: December 2025 Jobs Report – What the Data Really Shows vs. Administration Claims
The December 2025 jobs report shows 50,000 jobs added and 4.4% unemployment, but administration claims of “blockbuster growth” contradict economist consensus. Our analysis examines five major news sources to separate fact from spin on employment data.
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December 2025 Jobs Report: Only 50K Jobs Added as Labor Market Cools Dramatically from 2024
The December 2025 employment report reveals a significantly weakened labor market with only 50,000 jobs added and unemployment steady at 4.4 percent. The year saw just 584,000 total jobs created compared to 2 million in 2024, marking the slowest growth since the pandemic recovery.
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State Job Openings and Labor Turnover — October 2025
The October 2025 state-level labor market data shows modest changes in job openings, hires, and separations across most states, with Alaska, Wyoming, and Montana seeing the most significant increases in job openings rates, while national rates remained largely unchanged despite complications from a federal government shutdown.
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Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2025 (Initial Estimate) and Corporate Profits (Preliminary)
The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.3 percent in the third quarter of 2025, driven by increases in consumer spending, exports, and government spending, while corporate profits rose 166.1 billion dollars compared to the second quarter.
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Employment Situation Report: November 2025
The November 2025 employment report reveals a stalling job market with only 64,000 positions added, unemployment climbing to 4.6%, and nearly one million more Americans forced into part-time work. Federal job cuts continued for the seventh month.
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Consumer Price Index for November 2025: Inflation Holds Steady at 2.7 Percent Despite Government Shutdown Data Gap
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 percent over the 12 months ending November 2025, with a federal government shutdown in October disrupting normal monthly data collection and requiring the Bureau of Labor Statistics to report a two-month change instead.
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Evaluation of Donald Trump’s Statement on Inflation and Prices (December 12, 2025)
The statement by Trump is economically incorrect. It demonstrates a misunderstanding of inflation as a level rather than a rate, and it incorrectly equates disinflation with falling prices.
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Costco v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection: A Legal Challenge to Presidential Tariff Authority
Costco has filed a major lawsuit challenging President Trump’s 2025 tariffs as unconstitutional and unauthorized by law. This detailed legal analysis explains how the case tests whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) gives presidents authority to impose tariffs, or whether that power belongs exclusively to Congress. With two federal courts already ruling these…
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The Hottest Economy?
The U.S. economy was the “hottest,” as President Trump often reminds us. Then he was re-elected.