What can empower the US during 2026? - Broad integration in AI, primary focus of financial recovery
US economic growth slowed more than expected in the final quarter of 2025, driven by federal shutdowns amid partisan disagreements over moderating consumer spending. Tax cuts and AI investments are expected to support financial activity in 2026.
GDP grew at an annual rate of 1.4% last quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said in its preliminary estimate, when in fact many economists surveyed were predicting growth of 3.0%.
The overall economy grew at a 4.4% pace in the third quarter. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the government shutdown would shave 1.5 percentage points off fourth-quarter GDP as a result of the slowdown in 2025.
These conditions, along with the Trump administration's policies, have created what economists opposing the president call an affordability crisis. Just 181,000 jobs were added last year - the lowest number excluding the pandemic since the 2009 recession.
Consumption of goods and services also fell, with economists saying spending was driven largely by higher-income households and came at the expense of savings, while inflation eroded purchasing power. They estimate that artificial intelligence, including data centers and software, accounted for a third of GDP growth in the nine-month period, cushioning the blow from tariffs and a drop in immigration.
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