Key Takeaways The year ahead will feature stubborn inflation, an improving job market, and solid economic growth, according to a group of forecasters who nailed their outlook for 2025. With all the different 2026 forecasts out there, it's hard to know whom to trust. So Investopedia reviewed the 2025 outlooks in the Wall Street Journal's annual survey of economists and found one team that was pretty spot on with their predictions for this year: the group led by Joseph Davis at Vanguard. What This Means For T ...