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Inflation was substantially higher during Joe Biden’s 2021–2024 presidency—CPI rose roughly 21.5% over his term and averaged near 5% with a 2022 peak around 9%—driven by post‑pandemic supply shocks, a...
Annual CPI inflation averaged roughly 4.9–5.0% across Joe Biden’s full four-year term (2021–2024), with a peak near 9.0–9.1% in mid‑2022; the early months of Donald Trump’s second term show inflation ...
Wages in 2025 showed modest but consistent gains over 2024: nominal average weekly wages rose about 4.2% between July 2024 and July 2025 and several official series report year‑over‑year wage increase...
The available documents present conflicting accounts: one set of analyses says , while other pieces emphasize , and a separate trio of items notes that Trump is in his first term, creating a factual c...
Independent data and contemporaneous analysis show mixed effects from Trump administration policies enacted in 2025: headline inflation has eased from 2024 peaks but remained above the Fed’s 2 percent...
There is no single authoritative claim in the provided reporting that “40,000 people die for every 1% rise in unemployment.” Academic and public-health studies do find higher mortality associated with...
Bill Gates is the founder of Breakthrough Energy, a major vehicle through which he and allied investors have put at least $2 billion and invested in more than 150 climate-tech companies to lower the “...
Most reputable recent analyses find that , though the exact totals vary by dataset and methodology. Multiple mid‑2024 to 2025 reviews report totals ranging from roughly versus , and analysts caution t...
Objective comparisons of the Biden and Trump presidencies hinge on a few headline metrics: GDP growth, unemployment/job creation, inflation, wages/household income and fiscal deficits. Sources show Bi...
Recent U.S. tariff expansions in 2025 have raised consumer prices measurably and altered import volumes: studies and agency estimates show short‑run price-level increases on the order of roughly 0.9–2...
Clinton-era economic policy combined deficit reduction, trade liberalization, welfare reform, and selective deregulation with an embrace of technology-driven growth; the United States experienced sust...
A prolonged weaker U.S. dollar tends to raise imported goods and input prices, adding upward pressure to U.S. inflation over time, while improving competitiveness for exporters and boosting foreign-cu...
A 25-basis-point cut (0.25 percentage point) to the fed funds rate — the move markets expect for December 2025 — would lower the policy range toward roughly 3.5%–3.75% and is widely expected to suppor...
Most professional forecasts point to a modest rise in U.S. unemployment in 2026 to roughly the mid‑4 percent range — commonly 4.4–4.6% — though some models and downside scenarios see 5.0% or higher (e...
U.S. labor markets in 2025–2026 have shown a clear response to stepped-up immigration enforcement and tighter legal flows: labor-force growth slowed or turned negative as net migration fell, producing...
China’s holdings of U.S. Treasury securities have fallen substantially since 2018, sliding from roughly the trillion-dollar range into the $680–$730 billion area by late 2025 according to U.S. Treasur...
The United States does not currently have a "failed" economy: macro indicators and professional forecasts point to continued growth and resilience rather than collapse, but the expansion is uneven and...
Major fact‑checkers and mainstream outlets concluded that many of President Trump’s Dec. 17 economic claims were false, misleading, or exaggerated: assertions that “inflation is stopped,” that tariffs...
Tax cuts, tariffs and deregulation under the Trump administration each plausibly moved employment and wages, but in different directions and magnitudes: the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act coincided with f...
America’s large and rising national debt increases the government’s interest burden, reduces fiscal flexibility, and—if unchecked—will slow long‑run economic growth and raise the risk of fiscal stress...