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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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 … ...

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 ...

GDP rose 2.8% last quarter, while PCE inflation was 2.2% in September. Traders are bracing for earnings from Meta after the close.

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… ...