2026 Economic Report of the President Released

The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) has released the 2026 Economic Report of the President, a comprehensive 14-chapter analysis of the administration's "America First" policies and their impact on the nation's financial health.Key areas addressed in the report include:Fiscal & Regulatory Reform: The report estimates the positive impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) on GDP and wages, while measuring the multi-billion dollar savings generated by the administration’s aggressive deregulatory agenda.Strategic Dominance: Chapters focus on achieving energy dominance to enhance security and establishing global leadership in the Artificial Intelligence revolution.Industry & Defense: The CEA outlines frameworks for strengthening industrial supply chains and reviving the defense industrial base to address modern demand-side and supply-side barriers.Economic Critiques: Notably, the report includes chapters quantifying the "distortive" economic costs to GDP resulting from DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) hiring practices and the "misallocation of capital" to ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investments.Social & Household Policy: The administration proposes "best practices" to solve the housing crunch, analyzes the expansion of private equity access for retail retirement accounts, and focuses on worker flourishing through safety-net and tax reforms.Trade & Health: The report articulates the successes of the "America First" trade policy and achievements in making healthcare more affordable by increasing competition in the physician market.The document concludes with a macroeconomic "Year in Review" and provides a forecast for the coming years based on the administration's proposed pro-growth policies.