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Justin Lahart

ARTICLES BY JUSTIN LAHART

Economists, investors and politicians have often warned that the US’s growing debt burden would punish future generations.

Wall Street worries as US debt balloons post-tax cuts

10 min read . 04 Jul 2025

The biggest risk to the outlook appears to be the consumer, as spending has slowed. (Bloomberg)

US economy shrugs off trade war and soldiers on

5 min read . 28 Jun 2025

Immigration crackdown impacts US job market, slowing growth in key industries and affecting foreign-born workforce participation. (AFP)

Crackdown on immigration starts to impact job market

5 min read . 11 Jun 2025

MIT economics professor Sendhil Mullainathan. (Tony Luong for WSJ)

Why AI might not take all our jobs—if we act quickly

5 min read . 14 Apr 2025

U.S. manufacturing declined as services rose; tariffs unlikely to fully reverse the trend. (Image: Bloomberg)

How the US lost its place as the world’s manufacturing powerhouse

4 min read . 14 Apr 2025

Recession is often defined as two straight quarters of GDP decline. (Image: AFP)

So what, exactly, is a recession anyway?

3 min read . 13 Apr 2025

Container cranes unload a ship at the Port of Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Bloomberg)

Trump tariffs usher in new era of protectionism

4 min read . 04 Mar 2025

Productivity in the U.S., as measured by how much the average worker gets done in an hour, has been on the rise. (Image: Pixabay)

The American worker is becoming more productive

6 min read . 03 Jan 2025

Daron Acemoglu, left, is skeptical of AI’s potential benefit for the workforce. David Autor, right, is optimistic. New research by Aidan Toner-Rodgers challenges them both.

Will AI help or hurt workers? One 26-year-old found an unexpected answer.

5 min read . 29 Dec 2024

US President-elect Donald Trump. (AP)

Inflation is stuck. Can Trump unstick it?

5 min read . 12 Dec 2024

Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China could raise consumer prices, strain import-reliant industries, and spark retaliatory tariffs.

What Trump’s new tariff threats mean for the US economy

7 min read . 27 Nov 2024

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X. (Reuters)

Musk wants $2 trillion of spending cuts. Here’s why that’s hard.

4 min read . 26 Nov 2024

Trump works behind the counter during a visit to a McDonald's outlet in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, on 20 October. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

How Trump won the economy-is-everything election

7 min read . 07 Nov 2024

ILLUSTRATION: RACHEL MENDELSON/WSJ, GETTY IMAGES (2), ISTOCK

The third candidate in this election is the economy

5 min read . 05 Nov 2024

A local worker cleaned up debris from both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton earlier this month in St. Pete Beach, Fla. TINA RUSSELL FOR WSJ

At a pivotal moment, US economic data will be a mess

4 min read . 28 Oct 2024

Michel Cottabarren, who has racked up credit-card debt to keep his Arizona restaurant alive, hopes an improving economy will help bring in more customers. Caitlin O’Hara for WSJ

Americans are desperate for relief. The rate cut is a glimmer of hope.

8 min read . 20 Sep 2024

Every rate-cutting cycle is different, and the economy’s response is both long and variable. (REUTERS)

Fed enters tricky terrain: Rate cuts in a decent economy

6 min read . 16 Sep 2024

US vice-president Kamala Harris visiting a construction site in Madison, Wis., in March. (AFP/Getty Images)

What would a Harris presidency mean for the economy?

6 min read . 24 Jul 2024

David Autor (Photo: The Wall Street Journal)

How a college dropout changed what we know about the US economy

6 min read . 20 Jun 2024

Price pressures don’t hit states equally, and expectations of higher inflation can fuel it. PHOTO: MATTHEW HATCHER/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Trump voters don’t just expect higher inflation—they get it too

4 min read . 25 May 2024