the economy
noun
: the system in one's country of producing, buying, and selling goods
People are worried about (the state of) the economy.
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First, artificially low rates from the Fed could overheat the economy — worsening inflation at a time when polls show voters remain frustrated over the cost of living.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Outside of health care and social assistance, a sector in which job growth seems to be unaffected by over-all trends, the downturn in hiring extended across large parts of the economy, with fewer than half of all private-sector industries adding jobs last month.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Trump maintained Friday that the economy would be adding jobs if Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had slashed benchmark interest rates, even though doing so to the degree that Trump wants could ignite higher inflation.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
An Economist/YouGov poll shows that inflation, prices and the economy are most likely to be the most important issues for voters.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Outside of health care and social assistance, a sector in which job growth seems to be unaffected by over-all trends, the downturn in hiring extended across large parts of the economy, with fewer than half of all private-sector industries adding jobs last month.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Trump maintained Friday that the economy would be adding jobs if Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had slashed benchmark interest rates, even though doing so to the degree that Trump wants could ignite higher inflation.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
An Economist/YouGov poll shows that inflation, prices and the economy are most likely to be the most important issues for voters.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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“The economy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20economy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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