It's Almost 2026. How’s the Economy?

转眼间已近2026年,经济形势如何?

The Journal.

2025-12-20

22 分钟
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How did the U.S. economy do in 2025? With unemployment ticking up, tariffs shaking up global trade and the stock market booming, it has been hard to make sense of it all. Ryan Knutson talks with three WSJ economics reporters–Justin Lahart, Rachel Wolfe and Jeanne Whalen– about the state of the economy as we wrap up the year, and about what to expect in 2026.  Further Listening: - The Era of AI Layoffs Has Begun - Is the Economy Getting Better or Worse? The Fed Says It's Hard to Tell Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • It's almost the end of the year,

  • which gets a nerd like me thinking, how did the economy do this year?

  • Fortunately, I know some people who know things.

  • We have a Wall Street Journal economic dream team here.

  • So could each of you introduce yourselves?

  • Sure.

  • I'm Gene Waylon.

  • I'm an economics reporter for the Wall Street Journal in Chicago.

  • I'm Justin Layhart.

  • I'm an economics reporter in New York.

  • I'm Rachel Wolf.

  • An economics reporter focused on consumers and based in New Orleans.

  • And if you could summarize the state of the economy right now in a single word, what would it be?

  • Uncertain.

  • Meh.

  • Meh.

  • All right, Rachel.

  • Top uncertain and Meh.

  • Asymmetrical.

  • Based on those answers, Uncertainment and asymmetrical,