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Tracking the economy and GDP through trash
Kai Ryssdal Aug 16, 2012
How does our garbage relate to our GDP? Economist Michael McDonough has worked out the GDP-to-trash economic indicator.
Weekly Wrap: Contrary economic indicators
Tess Vigeland Jul 27, 2012
The Dow vaulted back over 13,000 while Gross Domestic Product just treads water in the shallow end of the pool. What can we take away from the latest economic data?
GDP growth beats expectations, still slow
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Jul 27, 2012
Four times a year, the U.S. Department of Commerce serves up the big number that tells us how much we are producing as a country. U.S. second quarter GDP grew more than economists had expected. That doesn't make it good.
GDP growth slows to 1.5%
Stacey Vanek Smith Jul 27, 2012
The Commerce Department announced Gross Domestic Product ticked up 1.5 percent in the second quarter. That's down from a growth rate of 2 percent in the first part of the year.
Commerce Department releases GDP numbers
Stacey Vanek Smith Jul 27, 2012
The Commerce Department just announced Gross Domestic Product ticked up 1.5 percent in the second quarter -- that down from a growth rate of 2 percent in the first part of the year.
China reports slower GDP growth at 7.6%
Jeff Horwich Jul 13, 2012
Economic growth numbers from China did not fail to live up to the hype. China's GDP growth slowed in the latest quarter to to 7.6 percent -- the slowest in three years.
China braces for slower GDP growth
Rob Schmitz Jul 12, 2012
For the past few years, China has had much higher economic growth rates than we're seeing in the U.S. But when China releases its latest GDP figures tomorrow, forecasters are expecting the worst growth in three years.
Monthly layoffs hit eight-month high
Stacey Vanek Smith May 31, 2012
A study this morning from job outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas found layoffs rose in May to their highest level in eight months.
May shows dismal employment numbers
Diane Swonk May 31, 2012
The U.S. economy added less jobs than expected in May. At the same time, the number of workers filing for unemployment benefits rose, and the number of planned layoffs in hit an eight month high.
Fed holds off on new steps to help U.S. economy
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Apr 26, 2012
The Federal Reserve won't be taking any major new steps to help the economy at this time, and the reason is that the Fed expects the U.S. economy to grow at about 3 percent this year.
