The 22% increase in business investment was enough for White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday to call the GDP report “the best negative print I have ever seen in my life.” ...

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Sharp revisions of government data show the U.S. created just 33,000 jobs total in May and June, while July’s number came in ...

The report also finalized second-quarter growth at 3%. Consumer spending, which accounts for about two-thirds of GDP, was up 3.7% in the third-quarter and accelerated from 2.8% in the second-quarter.

That last chunk, business investment, typically averages about 13% of total GDP, and it includes whatever businesses buy to grow their capacity. Think new machines for a factory floor.

Fourth quarter economic growth eased to an annualized rate of 2.3 percent, shy of an expected 2.6 percent, as the economy heads into uncertain territory. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed … ...

The latest GDP report showed that a key gauge of consumer demand picked up in the second quarter to an annual rate of 2.9%, matching the rate in the fourth quarter of 2023 for the strongest pace ...

The U.S. economy contracted at a rate of 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, according to an estimate released on Wednesday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The Atlanta Federal Reserve is projecting a contraction of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) of 1.5 percent in the first quarter, flashing a warning sign for the U.S. economy. The pro… ...