US Economy News Today: The Economy Grew More Than Expected in the Second Quarter

Despite signs of a slowdown in recent weeks, economic growth surprised economists by being higher than expected in the second quarter. Gross domestic product (GDP) was up by an annual rate of 2.8% in ... Read More

The US economy is pulling off something historic

Stocks surged in the morning after the economy’s powerful show of resilience ... Wall Street traders are overwhelmingly betting that the Fed will decide to cut rates in its September 17-18 meeting. Read More

What Recession? U.S. Economy Shatters Forecasts For Quarterly GDP Growth

The U.S. has defied fears of an extended downturn thus far, but it’s still on a tightrope with high interest rates and lingering inflation. Read More

Economy Grew Slightly Better Than Forecast in Q1 But Is Still Slowing

The U.S. economy grew at a 1.4% annual pace ... but to curb spending,” BCA Research wrote Thursday in its latest quarterly economic update. “Decreased spending will lead to less hiring. Read More

What the world thinks of the U.S. economy

Act on the news with POLITICO Pro ... down with Morning Money to explain what the U.S. needs to do to maintain its strong economic position. Pros can read the full interview here. Read More

What you need to know about America’s shockingly good economic report

The US economy just got its latest health check ... Generally, one risk that comes with an economy that’s expanding robustly is that price pressures can either get stuck or heat up. That’s not what ... Read More

Canadian Economy on the Mend

The U.S. economy ... and an economy on the mend, this momentum is expected to build moving into 2025. Major developments in the automative and potash sectors, including Honda Canada’s $15 ... Read More

How a slowing GDP might be good news for the economy

The Federal Reserve will be looking for signs that the economy is slowing in a manageable way so that it can cut interest rates. Read More

It’s hot — and getting hotter. Here’s what that means for the global economy.

A 1 degree Celsius — or roughly 2 degree Fahrenheit — increase in global temperature lowers global gross domestic product by 12% at peak, said Adrien Bilal and Diego Känzig of Harvard University and ... Read More

The US economy grew way faster than expected this spring

US real GDP blew past expectations in this year's second quarter. It rose 2.8% compared with a forecast of 2%. Read More

US Economy News Today: Construction Spending Declines on Fewer Projects

She is the Economics Editor for news at Investopedia. Welcome to Investopedia's economics live blog, where we explain what the day's news says about the state of the U.S. economy and how that's ... Read More

U.S. economy grew faster than expected last quarter on firm demand

Gross domestic product increased at a 2.8% annualized rate in the April-June period after rising 1.4% in the previous quarter, the government’s initial estimate showed. The economy’s main growth ... Read More