Neither business leaders nor consumers needed to hear Wednesday’s dismal news that the U.S. economy shrank 0.3 percent during the first quarter of 2025 to voice their concerns about the way things are ...

Economic growth came in pretty strong for the fourth quarter of 2024. As we learned on Thursday, GDP rose at an annual rate of 2.3%. And consumer spending is a key contributor. It rose 4.2% for the ...

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 ...

A long-delayed government report showed GDP grew at an annual 4.3% rate for the July through September quarter, beating expectations.

Companies want to keep their biggest customers happy, so they often provide accommodations to do so. And, as it turns out, the government — if it doesn’t already do so — probably wishes it did because ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. GDP is the total market value of all final goods and ...

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 ...

Data this week showed that the American economy is growing at its fastest pace in two years — and yet polling shows the mood on Main Street is grim.

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 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.