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2 days ago · NPR news on the U.S. and world economy, the World Bank, and Federal Reserve. Commentary on economic trends. Subscribe to NPR Economy podcasts and RSS feeds.
3 days ago · Monthly consumer-spending growth fell from 0.7% in March to just 0.2% in April. Overall spending shrank in real terms. Retail sales have weakened, with brands from McDonald’s, a burger purveyor ...
22 hours ago · The U.S. Census Bureau's economic indicator surveys provide monthly and quarterly data that are timely, reliable, and offer comprehensive measures of the U.S. economy. These surveys produce a variety of statistics covering construction, housing, international trade, retail trade, wholesale trade, services and manufacturing.
4 days ago · Real (inflation-adjusted) U.S. GDP increased by 1.3% on an annualized basis for the first quarter of 2024 compared to an increase of 3.4% in the fourth quarter of 2023. Key Takeaways. Gross...
1 day ago · Red bars show gross domestic product (GDP), also known as the expenditure measure of domestic economic activity. GDP reflects the value of (and demand for) US-produced final goods and services and estimates present economic activity from the vantage point of consumers, investors, governments, and foreigners. Green bars show the value of gross ...
1 day ago · The 2022 Economic Census — the most recent economic census — includes approximately 8 million employer business locations, covering most industries and geographic areas of the United States and Island Areas. Table 1 shows the 19 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors included in the 2022 Economic Census.
3 days ago · This time series is an interpretation of US Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions data provided by The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Our time series is composed of dummy variables that represent periods of expansion and recession.
