A pair of economic reports released Tuesday showed the continued schizophrenic nature of the U.S. economy. The Bureau of Economic Analysis issued a delayed first estimate of gross domestic product for ...

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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week because of fresh worries about the jobs market, but the broader U.S. economy still appears to be in pretty good shape thanks to American consumers.

US GDP dipped by an annualized rate of 0.3%, adjusted for inflation (“real GDP”), after growth rates of 2.4% in Q4, 3.1% in Q3, and 3.0% in Q2. A massive spike in imports, by far the worst ever, on ...

The US economy staged a strong rebound this spring, recovering from its first contraction in three years as imports fell and consumer activity firmed. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that ...

Following a raft of disappointing economic news a few days earlier, there are new encouraging signs about the health of the American economic, with improvements in some of the most closely watched ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. economy contracted a bit faster than previously thought in the first quarter amid tepid consumer spending, underscoring the distortions caused by the Trump ...

Q3 2025 US real GDP surged 4.3% SAAR, far exceeding expectations and marking the strongest growth since Q3 2023. Consumer spending drove growth, contributing 2.39 ppts to GDP, with robust gains across ...

The big news this past month is that GDP, or gross domestic product, contracted in the fourth quarter. Wednesday's release came in at minus 0.3% on an annualized basis, marking GDP's first decline in ...

The broader U.S. economy still appears to be in pretty good shape thanks to American consumers The Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week because of fresh worries about the jobs market, but the ...