But, absent that surge in goods, the latest GDP report could have been even uglier. Trump made no secret of the fact that he was going to announce higher tariffs for all US trading partners as of ...

Over the weekend, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick echoed Musk’s comments on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” saying he wants to strip out government spending from GDP. “You know ...

Can the U.S. just change how it measures GDP? : Planet Money There's one statistic that rules them all when it comes to keeping track of the economy: gross domestic product (GDP). It's the sum of ...

Data comes from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The GDP growth metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the ...

GDP is a measure of production. It’s calculated by adding up consumer spending, business investment, government spending and the balance of trade, or the difference between exports and imports.

Estimating the GDP of this entire economy — which now stands just shy of $29.2 trillion — is a work in progress. The Bureau of Economic Analysis just gave us its mostly final estimate ...

The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter as President Donald Trump's economic agenda took effect, according to new data released on Wednesday. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic ...

GDP measures the total market value of all final goods and services produced in the country over a period of time and is one of the key indicators of how an economy is performing. Despite ...

GDP measures all final goods/services produced in a defined area, adjusted for inflation to show real growth. GDP growth rates, especially real GDP annually, are key indicators of economic ...