Businesses are growing at the fastest pace in over four years. Why war and inflation aren’t slowing the U.S. economy down.
MarketWatch· Jeffry Bartash· Sep 23, 2026 · 6:06 PM
Expensive gas, higher inflation, a stalemate with Iran and rising interest rates — no matter. The U.S. economy appears to have sped up in the early fall.
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