The U.S. economy cooled sharply at the end of 2025, with growth slowing to an annual rate of 1.4 percent, as tariffs and a weeks-long government shutdown sapped its earlier momentum.

Overall, the economy expanded by 2.2 percent last year, lower than the 2.8 percent growth the year before, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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