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Economic growth at the end of 2025 was revised downward and consumer prices rose at the start of 2026.
Economic growth was slower at the end of 2025 than data first showed and inflationary pressures persisted at the start of this year, a troubling snapshot of an economy on unsteady footing before war with Iran upended oil and financial markets.
U.S. Economy Was Vulnerable Before War With Iran
Economic growth at the end of 2025 was revised downward and consumer prices rose at the start of 2026.
The latest price data offers a worrisome setup for inflation going forward.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
By Talmon Joseph Smith
March 13, 2026Updated 10:18 a.m. ET
Economic growth was slower at the end of 2025 than data first showed and inflationary pressures persisted at the start of this year, a troubling snapshot of an economy on unsteady footing before war with Iran upended oil and financial markets.
Consumer prices increased moderately in January, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed on Friday. Economists worry prices will march even higher in the coming weeks. And gross domestic product, the benchmark measure of economic growth, which is adjusted for inflation, was revised down to a 0.7 percent annual pace for the last three months of the year.
The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, notched a 0.3 percent monthly increase in the first month of 2026. Compared with the same time last year, prices were up 2.8 percent. The “core” inflation reading, which strips out more volatile food and energy prices, came in at 0.4 percent on a monthly basis, and 3.1 percent on an annual basis. That is a full percentage point above the Fed’s 2 percent target.
Consumer Confidence is down, The price of gas is going upl The price of barrel of oil is over $100.00.
Trump Administration Didn't Anticipate Iran's Willingness To Close Strait Of Hormuz: CNN.
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Who, in Trump's Administration failed to remember The Iran/Iraq War? Did NOT anticipate Iran closing the Straits Hormuz. Iran now has all but shut down the flow of oil world wide. Thanks Trump
Economic growth was slower at the end of 2025 than data first showed and inflationary pressures persisted at the start of this year, a troubling snapshot of an economy on unsteady footing before war with Iran upended oil and financial markets.
U.S. Economy Was Vulnerable Before War With Iran
Economic growth at the end of 2025 was revised downward and consumer prices rose at the start of 2026.
The latest price data offers a worrisome setup for inflation going forward.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
By Talmon Joseph Smith
March 13, 2026Updated 10:18 a.m. ET
Economic growth was slower at the end of 2025 than data first showed and inflationary pressures persisted at the start of this year, a troubling snapshot of an economy on unsteady footing before war with Iran upended oil and financial markets.
Consumer prices increased moderately in January, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed on Friday. Economists worry prices will march even higher in the coming weeks. And gross domestic product, the benchmark measure of economic growth, which is adjusted for inflation, was revised down to a 0.7 percent annual pace for the last three months of the year.
The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, notched a 0.3 percent monthly increase in the first month of 2026. Compared with the same time last year, prices were up 2.8 percent. The “core” inflation reading, which strips out more volatile food and energy prices, came in at 0.4 percent on a monthly basis, and 3.1 percent on an annual basis. That is a full percentage point above the Fed’s 2 percent target.
Consumer Confidence is down, The price of gas is going upl The price of barrel of oil is over $100.00.
Trump Administration Didn't Anticipate Iran's Willingness To Close Strait Of Hormuz: CNN.
.
Who, in Trump's Administration failed to remember The Iran/Iraq War? Did NOT anticipate Iran closing the Straits Hormuz. Iran now has all but shut down the flow of oil world wide. Thanks Trump
