American economy

Stateside financial system

The American economy refers to the economic system and activity of the United States—its production, trade, consumption, and financial markets.

The term appears in discussions of national prosperity, policy debates, and global comparisons: The American economy added 250,000 jobs last month.

It encompasses everything from GDP growth to unemployment rates to consumer spending, often treated as a barometer of national health.

Related

capitalism · taxation policy · purchasing power · startups · Wall Street · Main Street · manufacturing · unemployment rate · housing market · job market · inflation · boom and bust · imports · agriculture · consumer debt · credit card debt · Great Depression · trade deficit

Opposites
national economic systems

American economyChinese economy

Mainland commercial system

Soviet economy · European economy · Japanese economy · German economy · British economy

economic ideology/structure

American economycommand economy

State-controlled economic system

planned economy · socialist economy · state-controlled economy · mixed economy

economic scale and integration

American economyautarky

Complete economic independence

subsistence economy · local economy

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G