Friday, September 12, 2025

Current State of the US Economy

A potentially K-shaped economy creates dilemmas for the Fed by Vivekanand Jayakumar, The Hill - September 12, 2025
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5499218-ai-revolution-job-market/ 

Trump Forces a Fed Guessing Game
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-forces-a-fed-guessing-game-8b5e7c18
His immigration policies and tariffs will suppress the economy, but how severely and for how long?

Trump’s tariffs are bigger than his tax cuts for most Americans
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/15/politics/tariffs-tax-cuts-trump-households-deficit-analysis


Americans are feeling a lot worse about the state of the economy
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/economy/september-consumer-sentiment


Sorry, Inflation Still Lives
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/inflation-consumer-price-index-u-s-economy-tariffs-federal-reserve-rate-cuts-8289d9b5
Consumer prices in August show a Fed rate cut isn’t an easy call.

The Job Market Is Hell
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/job-market-hell-115900392.html
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.