Learn how GDP growth can influence inflation, impact economic health, and affect consumer purchasing power. Understand the relation for better financial decisions.

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 ...

Discover why GDP is crucial for measuring economic health and growth. Learn how it guides policymakers, investors, and ...

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 ...

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.

The widest measure of the health of the American economy was revised higher for the second quarter of the year, hitting its best pace in two years, while separate reports show hiring and 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...