That Y2K Feeling: Why Today's Economy Looks Like the Year 2000

It was an economy bursting at the seams: strong growth fueled by the tech boom, low unemployment, high inflation, and Fed rate hikes to cool things down. The big picture: This was the situation in 2000, and it reminds us a lot of the situation in 2026. Here's the troubling part, though: Then, as now, there were early warning signs that the tech boom fueling the good times might not last forever.

It was an economy bursting at the seams: strong growth fueled by the tech boom, low unemployment, high inflation, and Fed rate hikes to cool things down. The big picture: This was the situation in 2000, and it reminds us a lot of the situation in 2026. Here's the troubling part, though: Then, as now, there were early warning signs that the tech boom fueling the good times might not last forever.