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The year the U.S. economy bent but didn't break

The U.S. economy was beaten and battered in 2025, and powered ahead despite it all.

The big picture: The question for 2026 is whether the underlying sources of weakness that are already evident will broaden out into something that threatens to undermine its overall resilience.


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