The consensus forecast sees gross domestic product growing at an annualized rate of just 0.5%, and the Atlanta Fed projects that the economy actually shrank 1.6%.

New GDP data shows the U.S. economy shrank at an 0.5% annual pace from January through March, the first quarterly drop in ...

The report marks the second straight quarter of declining inflation-adjusted GDP — a situation commonly used to define a recession. GDP tumbled at a 1.6% rate in the first quarter.

Inflation is almost at the Fed's 2% inflation target, and interest rates are expected to fall in 2024: These will define the economy in 2024.

New economy, old rules: Why 1989 shouldn’t define 2025 ... Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.45% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

For all the trepidation about world trade, debt and inflation, it could well be worker shortages that define economic trends this year - on both sides of the Atlantic.

Official Recession Definition. During a recession, the economy struggles, people lose work, companies make fewer sales and the country’s overall economic output declines.

The White House disputes the CBO's $2.8 trillion deficit projection for Republican tax package, claiming the analysis ...

In 2016, Brookings research reported that the 2,584 mostly small town and rural counties that powered Trump into the presidency generated just 36 percent of the country’s GDP, meaning red ...