The core PCE price index was expected to increase 3% from a year ago in December. GDP was projected to rise at a 2.5% pace in Q4.

A simple reason explains why U.S. economic growth seemed to hit a wall in the final three months of the year.

President Donald Trump said that last year’s government shutdown cost the US “at least two points in GDP” in a social media post less than an hour before the government was expected to release the ...

GDP grew at an annualized rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter, down from 4.4% in the third quarter. The report was originally ...

The US economy grew at a much slower pace in the final months of 2025 as the historic government shutdown weighed on economic activity, ending a year that saw the weakest growth since the pandemic.

The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to an estimate released on Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.8% in the second quarter, rebounding from a 0.6% decline in the first according to revised figures released Thursday. The figures were revised upwards due ...

We trimmed our early 2026 quarterly growth path in light of Middle East tensions, but we still expect momentum to build quarter-by-quarter if the “ketchup‑bottle” effect of Germany’s investment plan ...