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White House trade adviser downplays Wednesday's news of GDP being down 0.3%
U.S. economic gross domestic product contracted 0.3% for the first three months of 2025 as imports surged amid Trump administration tariffs.
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How to Calculate the Annual Growth Rate for Real GDP
As such, it's worth knowing what the headline statistic — the annual growth rate in real GDP — represents. Let's take a closer look at how to calculate this rate. Image source: Getty Images.
Real World Economics: GDP is important, but must be kept in context
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis last week released its “advance estimate” of U.S. Gross Domestic ...
Yes, the U.S. GDP Decline Is an Ominous Sign
It isn’t a statistical artifact but a warning of a real slowdown.
The Switch: Challenges In Forecasting GDP Growth For Q1 And Q2 2025
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated that real GDP contracted at an annualized rate of 0.3 percent in Q1 2025, the ...
Negative GDP data is the latest to offer 2 views on the US economy: Morning Brief
"GDP is backward-looking but there was some good news as real final sales to private domestic purchasers, the engine of the ...
Economy Shrank in First Quarter as Imports Surged Ahead of Tariffs
A rush of imports ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs turned economic growth negative. In the first broad measure of the economy since Donald Trump became president, the nation’s gross domestic ...