U.S. economy

National financial system

The U.S. economy refers to the economic system and activity of the United States—its production, trade, employment, and financial markets considered as a whole.

News reports track the U.S. economy through indicators like GDP, unemployment, and inflation: The U.S. economy added 250,000 jobs last month.

The phrase often appears in discussions of policy, recession, or global influence.

Related

tech sector · wage growth · Wall Street · agriculture · fiscal stimulus · inflation · labor unions · tax reform · interest rates · stock market crash · unemployment rate · bonds · productivity growth · trade tariffs · consumer spending · boom and bust · infrastructure spending · monetary policy

Opposites
national economic systems

U.S. economyChinese economy

Mainland commercial system

Soviet economy · Japanese economy · German economy

economic ideology/system type

U.S. economycommand economy

State-controlled economic system

planned economy · socialist economy · state-controlled economy · autarky · subsistence economy

scale of economic unit

U.S. economylocal economy

Area's commercial activity

microeconomy · household economy · single market · subsistence economy · regional economy

Family

U.S., economy, economic, economics, economical, economically, economist, economists, economies

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