{"id":10373,"date":"2026-04-22T16:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/?post_type=rbc_econ_video&#038;p=10373"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:12:12","slug":"monthly-executive-briefing-its-still-hard-to-bet-against-the-us-economy","status":"publish","type":"rbc_econ_video","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/video\/monthly-executive-briefing-its-still-hard-to-bet-against-the-us-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Crosscurrents beneath surface of U.S. economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"video-wpr\"><video class=\"video-player video-js\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/EN-thumbnail.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/rbc_economics_20260422_english_widescreen_v2_v2-1080p.mp4\" data-dig-id=\"LP-10373-418e8298\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"video play\" data-dig-label=\"rbc_economics_20260422_english_widescreen_v2_v2-1080p.mp4\"><p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href=\"http:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p><track kind=\"captions\" src=\"\" srclang=\"en\" label=\"English\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>How is the U.S. economy holding up amid a series of \u201cnever-before-seen\u201d shocks its facing? 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