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As the U.S. labor market shows clear signs of stalling, one of Wall Street’s leading strategists is sounding a sharp warning: With America’s workforce in a demographic crunch and historic changes in immigration policy underway, it is “quite possible that the next five years will see no growth in workers at all.” The implications, according to David Kelly, chief global …

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Big Tech’s hefty AI spending is reshaping the slowing economy  The Washington Post Big Tech may be breaking the bank for AI, but investors love it  Reuters Will data centers crash the economy?  Noahpinion | Noah Smith Microsoft and Meta Drive Big Tech’s AI Spend Toward $400 Billion  TipRanks AI is Eating the Economy  A Wealth of Common Sense Source link

The recent batch of indicators has punctured the notion on Wall Street that the U.S. economy is bulletproof and can withstand headwinds like President Donald Trump’s trade war. That was evident in Friday’s stock market selloff as the dismal jobs report and shocking downward revisions to earlier months raised recession fears. Just days earlier, Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of …

Playbook: It’s Trump’s economy now  Politico The Mystery of the Strong Economy Has Finally Been Solved  The Atlantic New tariffs, alarming job numbers and a high-profile firing: A wild week for the Trump economy  NBC News Despite Trump, the US economy remains surprisingly resilient. But for how long? | Richard Partington  The Guardian It’s Trump’s economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning …

As recent college graduates face one of the toughest job markets in years, Berkeley economist and voluble Substacker Brad DeLong has a message for those struggling to land their first full-time gig: Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are not to blame. Larger forces are at work. DeLong, a professor at UC Berkeley and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, argued …

Trump’s Next Job: Selling Skeptical Americans on His Economy  Bloomberg Confused about the economy? You’re not alone  CNN Economic fears of investors are here — and fed by Trump’s reaction  The Washington Post It’s Trump’s economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs  AP News New tariffs, alarming job numbers and a high-profile firing: A wild week for the Trump economy  NBC News …

What Do Trump’s Tariff Hikes Mean for Canada’s Trade-Dependent Economy?  The New York Times After a blown deadline, what next for US-Canada trade?  BBC For Canada’s Carney, no deal with Trump might be better than a bad one  The Washington Post Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Amends Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across our Northern Border  The White House (.gov) …

WASHINGTON (AP) — For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus. Job gains are dwindling. Inflation is ticking upward. Growth has slowed compared with last year. More than six months into his term, Trump’s …