US economy is propped up by AI
The biggest economy in the world is not as big as it claims to be.
Its economy is not that resilient as it was once thought. It's warmongering foreign policy, along with the other warmongering policies of trade and tariff war, has taken a toll on its own economy. Negative economic indicators point towards a slippery slope economic landscape. The US economy is showing signs of weakness. It may be heading into a recession. But President Donald Trump is painting a rosy picture. Yet economic indicators point to a dire situation when it comes to things like inflation, or unemployment: So why the disparity? That's what we want to find out in this in-depth section.
Here's one negative indicator for starters: The unemployment rate has climbed to 4.4 percent in September. That is the highest level since October 2021. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for college graduates over 25 is rising even faster and is higher now than any year since 2014. That is while job growth in the past three months is the lowest since 2010. When it comes to job cuts, almost 1.1 million have been cut or lost through October 2025, the highest total since 2020. Sectors affected are government, tech, warehousing, while apparel and transportation saw sharp declines. Transportation and warehousing shed more than 95,000 jobs, and manufacturing lost another 6,000 positions, with retail and services suffering losses as well.
Now comes inflation: Annual inflation in September reached its highest level since January, confirming that prices are accelerating at their fastest pace of the year. The typical American household now spends $208 more every month just to purchase the same basket of goods and services as a year earlier, and more than $1,000 more per month compared with early 2021, when the nation was emerging from the pandemic.
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