WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. economy contracted a bit faster than previously thought in the first quarter amid tepid consumer spending, underscoring the distortions caused by the Trump ...

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The US economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Trump’s trade wars disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in an unexpected deterioration of ...

The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter of 2025 for the first time in three years, reflecting a surge in imports ahead of President Donald Trump's tariffs and a slowdown in consumer spending.

The economy unexpectedly contracted at a 0.3% annual rate in the first quarter of 2025, a preliminary reading dragged down by a historic increase in imports as families and businesses try to get ahead ...

Investment, exports, consumer spending and government spending were contributors to the first-quarter real GDP increase.

The consensus forecast among economists surveyed by FactSet was for growth of 2.3% in the first quarter.

Real GDP increased at an annualized rate of 2% in the first quarter of 2026, just below the forecast.

President Donald Trump's aggressive moves to remake the U.S. economy during the first three months of his second term are having a huge impact - and it will probably prove to be a very negative one ...

As recession fears reverberate from Washington to Wall Street, Wednesday brought the most comprehensive yardstick yet of the health of the U.S. economy yet as the government released the first ...

Gross domestic product grew at a 2% annual rate in the first quarter, adjusted for inflation, the Bureau of Economic Analysis ...