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The U.S. economy contracted 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, the first negative reading since 2022, according to an initial measurement released Wednesday by the Commerce Department.

It was even called “Jobsville, USA” in a Wall Street Journal article, and compared to an oil economy or a “Kuwait in the cornfields.” The unemployment rate hovered at just over 2 percent.

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