Businesses are growing at the fastest pace in over four years. Why war and inflation aren’t slowing the U.S. economy down.

Businesses are growing at the fastest pace in over four years. Why war and inflation aren’t slowing the U.S. economy down. An investment boom in artificial intelligence is fueling the U.S. economy.

Expensive gas, higher inflation, a stalemate with Iran and rising interest rates — no matter. The U.S. economy appears to have sped up in the early fall. A pair of surveys by S&P Global that showed businesses expanding in September at the fastest pace in more than four years.

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