Commuters cross Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, during the morning rush hour on March 20.
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The US economy added 139,000 jobs in May, slightly more than expected
A graduate of the Kennedy School of Government carries an inflatable globe during commencement exercises at Harvard University on May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Trump’s attacks on international student enrollment could ultimately shake the economy
The Trump administration’s drastic cutbacks of government spending and the federal workforce have economists, researchers and statisticians sounding the alarm that the reliability and accuracy of economic data could become a casualty to those efforts.
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DOGE layoffs may have compromised the accuracy of government data
The European Central Bank building, right, in Frankfurt, Germany, pictured in June 2025.
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A worker arc welds a metal door during production at the Metal Manufacturing Co. facility in Sacramento, California, on May 27, 2025.
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Private-sector firms added just 37,000 jobs in May, the lowest total in more than two years
Economists were expecting that the number of job openings — a closely watched gauge of labor market demand — would fall for the third consecutive month.
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Evergreen shipping containers are pictured at the Port of Los Angeles, California in May 2025.
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A container ship waits to berth at the port in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 21.
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Apple has tumbled 20% this year as President Donald Trump's tariff threats have clouded the outlook for the company.
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Economists projected that consumer spending slowed in April and that inflation cooled to 2.2%.
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People shop at a grocery store in Brooklyn on May 13 in New York City.
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Americans aren’t feeling encouraged by Trump’s trade negotiations
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks on May 15 in Washington, DC.
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Highlights

Shoppers hold bags while waiting to cross Post Street in San Francisco on March 27.
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America’s economy performed slightly better in the first quarter than we thought — but it still shrank
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 28: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question during a swearing in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro (R) in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump has announced Pirro, a former Fox News personality, judge, prosecutor, and politician, after losing support in the Senate for his first choice, Ed Martin, over his views on the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Trump administration orders some US companies to halt sales to China
President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for interim US Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on May 28 in Washington, DC.
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Trump was just asked about the ‘TACO trade’ for the first time. He called it the ‘nastiest question’
In an aerial view, a shipping container is lifted off a container ship docked at the Port of Oakland on April 28, 2025 in Oakland, California. Federal Reserve economists revised up their projections for inflation this year and lowered their expectations for economic growth.
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Fed expects the job market ‘to weaken substantially’ on Trump’s tariffs

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