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That Y2K feeling: Why today's economy resembles 2000

It was an economy bursting at the seams: robust growth powered by a tech boom, low unemployment, elevated inflation and Fed rate hikes to try to cool things down. The big picture: That was the situation in the year 2000, and it reminds us a great deal of the conditions in 2026. The worrying part, h…

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  1. 2026-10-16 15:50 · Axios AI+
    That Y2K feeling: Why today's economy resembles 2000

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