22
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

U.S. economic growth will slow to 1.6% this year from 2.8% last year as Donald Trump’s erratic trade wars disrupt global commerce, drive up costs and leave businesses and consumers paralyzed by uncertainty.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development forecast Tuesday that the U.S. economy — the world’s largest — will slow further to just 1.5% in 2026. Trump’s policies have raised average U.S. tariff rates from around 2.5% when he returned to the White House to 15.4%, highest since 1938, according to the OECD. Tariffs raise costs for consumers and American manufacturers that rely on imported raw materials and components.

World economic growth will slow to just 2.9% this year and stay there in 2026, according to the OECD’s forecast. It marks a substantial deceleration from growth of 3.3% global growth last year and 3.4% in 2023.

top 2 comments
sorted by: hot top new old
[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I guess we know which organization leader Trump will try to fire tomorrow.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

He is trying his hardest to bankrupt us. That is the only thing he is consistently good at.

this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
22 points (100.0% liked)

Economics

868 readers
103 users here now

founded 2 years ago