Negotiations to end the conflict in the Middle East are ongoing, but the economic impacts will be felt for some time yet.

Join the Business Journal as we hear about the state of the economy from industry experts and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Economic growth is slowing down nationally and in Wisconsin this year, on top of a year of underperformance in 2025, a national economist for the homebuilding industry said Wednesday. At a presentation in Madison to the Wisconsin Bankers Association,

The climbing limo method of forecasting future GDP in the US projects the nation's economic output in the recently finished Q1 2026 will be around $31.5 trillion. Read more here.

The U.S. national debt held by the public has surpassed the size of the economy for the first time since World War II, reaching over 100% of GDP in March.