The U.S. Bank Outlook 2025 discusses key expectations, assumptions, and risks for the year. The U.S. banking industry has performed well after rebounding from 2023’s large failures and should generate relatively good earnings in 2025. In addition, the economy will likely grow about 2%, but with a potential for greater-than-anticipated inflation and rates in the near term, and slower growth in the medium term amid uncertainty about how much of President-elect Trump's campaign promises will materialize.