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学生贷款危机将如何影响美国经济？

1 week ago | cn.wsj.com | Justin Lahart

数以百万计的美国人在新冠疫情期间得以暂停偿还学生贷款。而现在，他们又得开始还款了。对于借款人来说，这意味着他们每个月都得把原本可能用于其他支出的钱拿来偿还债务。许多没有还款的人现在被认定是拖欠或违约，这种状态会降低借款人的信用评分。在今年前三个月里，约有560万借款人的学生贷款开始被标记为拖欠。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
How the Student Loan Crisis Will Show Up in the Economy

1 week ago | wsj.com | Justin Lahart

Millions of Americans suddenly owe billions of dollars in student debt after years of forbearanceMillions of Americans had their student-loan payments put on pause during the pandemic. Now they are back on the hook again. For borrowers, this means that every month, money that they presumably used to spend elsewhere is going to pay off debt instead. Many who aren’t paying are now considered delinquent or defaulted, a status that sinks credit scores.
MIT Says It No Longer Stands Behind Student’s AI Research Paper

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Justin Lahart

The university says it has no confidence in a widely circulated paper by an economics graduate studentThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday it can no longer stand behind a widely circulated paper on artificial intelligence written by a doctoral student in its economics program. The paper said that the introduction of an AI tool in a materials-science lab led to gains in new discoveries, but had more ambiguous effects on the scientists who used it.
Walmart’s Price Hikes Open Door to Increases From ‘Everybody Else’

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Jeanne Whalen |Inti Pacheco |Justin Lahart

So far, Trump’s tariffs have had a muted effect on inflation. Walmart’s announcement suggests that a dam is breaking and that a flood of higher prices could soon follow. “If Walmart is doing it, everybody else is probably going to be doing it—if not already, they will be in the future,” said Alan Detmeister, an economist at UBS.
米中の関税引き下げ、米経済はどうなる

3 weeks ago | jp.wsj.com | Harriet Torry |Justin Lahart

エコノミストはリセッション確率を引き下げ　米経済が中国と関係を断ちつつあるとあなたが思っているなら、考え直すべきだ。「双方ともデカップリング（切り離し）は望んでいない」とスコット・ベッセント米財務長官は12日、対中関税を大幅に引き下げる暫定合意を発表する際に語った。ベッセント氏によれば、米国は中国との「長期にわたる持続的な通商協定」を目指している。　今回のリセットにより、米経済はモノの主要消費国として慣れ親しんだ軌道に戻り、リセッションのリスクが低下するとエコノミストたちはみている。この新たな合意で、関税のショック療法を使って製造業大国としての米国の地位を回復しようとする試みも一時中断する。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版今すぐ購読する Special Advertising Section アクセスランキング
What the U.S.-China Tariff Rollback Means for the American Economy

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Harriet Torry |Justin Lahart

The relationship reset steers the U.S. economy back on a more familiar path as the major consumer of goods as economists lower recession oddsIf you thought the U.S. economy was breaking up with China, well, think again. “Neither side wants to decouple,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday in announcing the temporary agreement that dramatically lowered tariffs. The U.S., he said, was seeking “a long-lasting and durable trade deal” with China.
U.S. Economy Shows Remarkable Resilience in Face of Trade Turmoil

1 month ago | finance.yahoo.com | Jeanne Whalen |Justin Lahart

Unlock stock picks and a broker-level newsfeed that powers Wall Street. Jeanne Whalen and Justin Lahart Fri, May 2, 2025, 8:00 PM 8 min read - Rachel Mendelson/WSJ, iStock (3), Getty Images, AP The world’s most powerful economy is showing remarkable resilience in the face of enormous pressure. Employers added more jobs than many economists expected last month, and the low unemployment rate held steady.
U.S. Economy Shows Remarkable Resilience in Face of Trade Turmoil

1 month ago | wsj.com | Jeanne Whalen |Justin Lahart

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How the U.S. Lost Its Place as the World’s Manufacturing Powerhouse

1 month ago | tovima.com | Justin Lahart |Marcus Walker

Trump says his tariff plan will restore American manufacturing might but economists are skepticalIn the 1950s, around 35% of private-sector jobs in the U.S. were in manufacturing. Today, there are 12.8 million manufacturing jobs in the U.S., an amount equal to 9.4% of those private-sector jobs.
AIが仕事を全て奪うわけではない理由

1 month ago | jp.wsj.com | Justin Lahart

MITの経済学者ムッライナタン氏はAIの役割に関し、人間が方向性を決めることができると主張する　人工知能（AI）は人間の仕事を補完し、手助けをしてくれるのだろうか。それとも人間の仕事を自動化し、職を奪うのだろうか。ある経済学者は、それは人間次第だと主張する。そして、人間は間違った方向に進んでいるという。　米マサチューセッツ工科大学（MIT）の経済学者、センディル・ムッライナタン氏（53）は、AIは人間に降りかかってきたものではなく、人間が作り出しているものだと指摘する。AIがどのような技術になるかは人間が選択できるという。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版今すぐ購読する Special Advertising Section アクセスランキング