The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a second estimate released on Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The US economy — the world’s largest — has shown surprising resilience in the face of President Trump’s policies.

The U.S. economy, hobbled by last fall’s 43-day government shutdown, advanced at a sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October through December.

Republicans are hoping that the facts continue to improve — and have time to sink in.

The U.S. economy shed jobs to start the year, as the Labor Department reported that employment decreased by 92,000 jobs in February 2026, when economists expected a gain of 59,000.

Oil prices jumped Tuesday for the second straight day and gas prices moved higher in the United States, underscoring the threat of rising inflation posed by the Iran war.

The US economy lost 92,000 jobs in the month of February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) outlined in its latest jobs report, as opposed to the gain of 55,000 jobs that economists forecasted. RBC Capital Markets head of US economic research Michael Reid and New York Life Investments economist and portfolio strategist Lauren Goodwin comes on Yahoo Finance's Morning Brief to react to the latestlabor market data.

Hiring at US businesses unexpectedly plunged last month as employers shed an estimated 92,000 jobs, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

US consumer spending barely rose in January after economic growth was weaker than previously reported at the end of last year, suggesting the economy lost some momentum before the war with Iran.