Companies want to keep their biggest customers happy, so they often provide accommodations to do so. And, as it turns out, the government — if it doesn’t already do so — probably wishes it did because ...

Neither business leaders nor consumers needed to hear Wednesday’s dismal news that the U.S. economy shrank 0.3 percent during the first quarter of 2025 to voice their concerns about the way things are ...

Economic growth came in pretty strong for the fourth quarter of 2024. As we learned on Thursday, GDP rose at an annual rate of 2.3%. And consumer spending is a key contributor. It rose 4.2% for the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. GDP is the total market value of all final goods and ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week because of fresh worries about the jobs market, but the broader U.S. economy still appears to be in pretty good shape thanks to American consumers.

US GDP dipped by an annualized rate of 0.3%, adjusted for inflation (“real GDP”), after growth rates of 2.4% in Q4, 3.1% in Q3, and 3.0% in Q2. A massive spike in imports, by far the worst ever, on ...

So how well is the economy actually doing right now? "This is one of those cases where despite the the top line number looking pretty rosy, it's actually a pretty difficult situation, and consumers ...

The big news this past month is that GDP, or gross domestic product, contracted in the fourth quarter. Wednesday's release came in at minus 0.3% on an annualized basis, marking GDP's first decline in ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's economy grew at the fastest annual pace in almost two years in the second quarter as consumers finally started spending after multiple rate cuts, taking over from the ...

The broader U.S. economy still appears to be in pretty good shape thanks to American consumers The Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week because of fresh worries about the jobs market, but the ...