News from EPI › Economy continues steady but slow growth with 1.9 percent...
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported this morning that gross domestic product (GDP, the widest measure of economic activity) grew at a 1.9 percent annualized rate in the last quarter of 2016, down...
View ArticleNews from EPI › Growth falters in the first quarter
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that gross domestic product (GDP), the most comprehensive measure of economic activity, grew at just a 0.7 percent annualized rate in the first three...
View ArticleStrong headline GDP growth number overstates economy’s strength: Actual trend...
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that U.S. gross domestic product (GDP—the broadest measure of economic activity) grew at an annualized rate of 3.0 percent in the third quarter of this...
View ArticleLessons from today’s GDP report: Long-expected rebound in productivity...
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported this morning that gross domestic product (GDP—the widest measure of economic activity) grew at a 2.6 percent annualized rate in the last quarter of 2017....
View ArticleToday’s GDP report—No evidence that the Trump tax cut is working or that the...
Today’s data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on growth in gross domestic product (GDP—the widest measure of economic activity) gives us the first look at evidence to assess the effect of the...
View ArticleNews from EPI › Increased government spending boosts growth, rising trade...
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported today that gross domestic product (GDP) — the widest measure of the nation’s economic activity—rose at a 3.5 percent annualized rate in the third quarter...
View ArticleNews from EPI › Healthy headline GDP number masks some economic weakness,...
U.S. economic growth remains strong, but not quite as robust as this morning’s gross domestic product (GDP) report suggests. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported U.S. GDP—the widest measure of the...
View ArticleNews from EPI › Investment spending crumbles in second quarter
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced today that gross domestic product (GDP), the widest measure U.S. economic activity, grew at a 2.1 percent annualized rate in the second quarter of this...
View ArticleNews from EPI › New GDP data show that business investment slows for 3rd...
The Commerce Department reported today that gross domestic product (GDP)—the widest measure of U.S. economic activity—grew at just a 2.1 percent annualized rate in the fourth quarter of 2019, the same...
View ArticleNews from EPI › The coronavirus shock was historically large—and the...
Commerce department data released today confirmed what everybody already knew: gross domestic product collapsed faster in the second quarter of 2020 than it has in any other recorded quarter of U.S....
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