| Inflation rate (CPI YoY) | 🟢 Slightly lower; gradual downward drift | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Price level (cost of living) | 🔴 Higher (prices compound upward) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Unemployment rate | 🟢 Near multi-decade lows | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Job growth pace | 🟡 Slower than prior expansion; still positive | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Trade deficit | 🔴 Still near all-time highs (top historical band) | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Immigrant population (total foreign-born) | 🔴 At or near all-time highs | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| National violent crime | 🟢 Continued gradual decline | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Fentanyl deaths (synthetic opioids) | 🟢 ~10–15% lower vs 2024 (provisional trend) | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Federal budget deficit (annual) | 🔴 ~6–7% of GDP; roughly similar to or slightly higher than 2024 levels | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| National debt (gross federal) | 🔴 ~120%+ of GDP; slightly higher than 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| % of population with health insurance | 🟡 Slight softening from 2023–24 peak coverage levels | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Child poverty rate | 🟡 Roughly flat vs 2024 levels | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Ukraine war | 🔴 Ongoing | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Israel–Gaza security | 🔴 No durable resolution | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Venezuela leadership | 🔴 Maduro power structure persists | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Cocaine trafficking flows | 🔴 No structural collapse in supply | ⭐⭐⭐ |
