Banks are giving the all-clear signal on the U.S. economy during the turbulent opening months of the second Trump presidency.

A recent round of tariff threats has added a new layer of uncertainty, but the monthslong track record affords economists an opportunity to evaluate what the tariffs have yielded

Last week, the president enacted a sprawling set of tax cuts that he believes to be the ingredients for rapid economic growth, even as fiscal experts warned that the law may injure the poor while putting the U.S. government on a risky new fiscal path.

Why stocks are mostly shrugging off his latest threats.