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Recent economic data made murky by ups and downs of real world

Jan 20, 2025
Tariffs, major weather events and even political bias have obscured trends and challenged experts to figure out the takeaways.
Factors like unusually destructive weather events and the presidential election have muddied economic reports in the past few months.
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