Why the U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter U.S. economic growth slowed sharply in the first quarter of 2025 as businesses rushed to stockpile goods ahead of President Trump's sweeping tariff ...

First-quarter GDP contracts at 0.3% rate Front-loading of imports ahead of tariffs weighs on GDP Consumer spending grows at a slow, but still healthy pace Inflation cools in March before tariffs ...

In the final weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House, the focus of his public remarks has been on acquiring Canada, Greeland and the Panama Canal.