Economic Outlook Improves 

Pulling from the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) quarterly surveys, Reuters reports that the U.S. economic outlook has improved slightly even under geopolitical pressures. Projected economic growth for 2025 increased from 1.3 percent to 1.8 percent; Year-end inflation is expected to be 3 percent instead of 3.1 percent; and unemployment is expected to rise to 4.5 percent instead of 4.7 percent. This disconnect between economic growth and the labor market can be explained by investments in technology which doubled in its expected growth for this year. 

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