The Fed now expects GDP to grow at a 2.2% pace for 2019, versus the 2.1% forecast in June. The unemployment rate is expected to rise to 3.7% this year, slightly above the 3.6% projection in June. The ...

Real U.S. GDP grew at an annualized rate of 2.1% in the second quarter of 2019; stronger than the 1.8% rate expected in some consensus forecasts. The year-over-year growth rate estimated in the U.S.

GDP rose 2.1% in the second quarter, down from 3.1% in Q1. The growth was better than Wall Street estimates for a 2% gain. Consumer expenditures rose 4.3% while business investment slumped 5.5%.

SIPRI has released new data showing that global military expenditure reached $1.9 trillion in 2019, the highest (inflation-adjusted) level recorded since 1988. Last year's total was 3.6% higher in ...

Trend GDP growth has slowed about 2.3 percentage points to 1.7% since 1950. Different economic sectors have contributed to this slowing to varying degrees depending on the distinct trends of ...

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The percent change in real ...

America’s economic center has been moving west over the past two decades, according to county-level GDP data released Thursday for the first time by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Over that period, ...

U.S. economic activity rose at a pace of 2.1% in the last three months of 2019, coming in ahead of consensus expectations. Personal consumption, however, slowed more than anticipated. Here were the ...

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