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Sep 4, 2024
How rich is the U.S.? Both GDP and GNP help answer that.
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Each measure looks at economic productivity. One focuses on who does it, and the other on where it happens.
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Jul 10, 2024
How trade-oriented is the U.S. economy?
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Compared to many other countries, the U.S. trade-to-GDP ratio is below the global average. But the explanation is complicated.
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Sep 28, 2023
The monumental task of measuring the GDP over and over again
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The keepers of GDP continually update their calculations as more information becomes available.
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Feb 23, 2023
Here’s why the U.S. revises GDP estimates — over and over
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The Bureau of Economic Analysis revised GDP down to 2.7% from the fourth quarter of last year.
Jun 30, 2022
Consumers are pulling back on spending. They’re also tapping savings and taking on debt.
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That’s good news for inflation, but it might be bad news when it comes to the risk of a recession.
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Nov 5, 2019
Trade deficit narrows as trade tensions continue to bite
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Tariffs on foreign-made imports to the U.S., and retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports, are dragging down exports and imports.
Jul 27, 2018
What GDP tells us about the economy
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GDP growth for the latest quarter is expected to be robust, but that is due in part to some unique elements of the quarter.
Jan 27, 2018
Let’s talk about Trump’s speech in Davos
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Plus: A rising GDP but a "weak" dollar?
Jan 27, 2018
Some economic strengths revealed in U.S. quarterly GDP figure
Gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2017 rose 2.6 percent on an annualized basis, compared to 3.2 percent in the third quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The rate of economic growth for the 2017 calendar year was 2.3 percent, compared to 1.5 percent in 2016. Several components of GDP were particularly strong […]
Mar 29, 2017
The final word on last year’s economy is almost here
Thursday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis will release final revisions to economic growth numbers, aka the gross domestic product, for 2016. In other words, we’ll find out if economic growth last year really was as lousy as it seemed. But why look back? With the end of first quarter of 2017 almost here, there’s plenty […]

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