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Revised estimates for fourth quarter 2012 show U.S. real GDP increasing at an annualized rate of 0.4 percent, a little higher than the “second” estimated rate of 0.1 percent. Private inventory investment, federal government spending, and exports made negative contributions. The reduction in federal government spending comes after a surge in defense spending during third… [More...]
Revised estimates for fourth quarter 2012 show U.S. real GDP increasing by an annualized rate of 0.1 percent. Private inventory investment, federal government spending, and exports made negative contributions. The reduction in federal government spending comes after a surge in defense spending during third quarter, as a response to possible sequestration. In addition, Europe’s problems… [More...]
First estimates for fourth quarter 2012 show U.S. real GDP decreasing by an annualized rate of 0.1 percent. Private inventory investment, federal government spending, and exports made negative contributions. The reduction in federal government spending comes after a surge in defense spending during third quarter, as a response to possible sequestration. In addition, Europe’s problems… [More...]
The U.S. economy is showing signs of moderate improvement. Revised estimates of U.S. real GDP for third quarter 2012 show an annualized growth rate of 3.1 percent, up from the previous estimate of 2.0 percent. Most of the revision can be attributed to a higher rate of inventory accumulation than previously estimated. Although real GDP… [More...]
The U.S. economy is showing signs of moderate improvement. Revised estimates of U.S. real GDP for third quarter 2012 show an annualized growth rate of 2.7 percent, up from the previous estimate of 2.0 percent. Most of the improvement can be attributed to a higher rate of inventory accumulation than previously estimated. U.S. nonfarm employment… [More...]
The U.S. economy is showing signs of moderate improvement. Estimates of U.S. real GDP for third quarter 2012 show an annualized growth rate of 2.0 percent. Although higher than the tepid 1.3 percent growth rate for second quarter, the third quarter rate is well below the average growth rate of 3.4 percent the U.S. economy… [More...]
The U.S. economy continues to experience weak growth. Recently revised data for U.S. real GDP show an annualized growth rate of 1.3 percent for second quarter 2012, somewhat below the previous estimate of 1.7 percent. Consumer spending drove most of the gains, but it was lower than in first quarter. Business fixed investment and residential… [More...]
The U.S. economy continues to experience slowing growth. Revised data for U.S. real GDP show an annualized growth rate of 1.7 percent for second quarter, somewhat lower than the 2.0 percent rate set in first quarter 2012. Consumer spending drove most of the gains, but it was lower than in first quarter. Business fixed investment… [More...]
The U.S. economy continues to experience slowing growth. Second quarter data for U.S. real GDP show an annualized growth rate of 1.5 percent, lower than the annualized rate of 2.0 percent during first quarter 2012. Consumer spending drove most of the gains, but was much lower than in first quarter. Business fixed investment and residential… [More...]
The U.S. economy continues to show signs of slow growth. Revised data show U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 1.9 percent during first quarter 2012, a substantial slowing from the fourth-quarter rate of 3.0 percent. Consumer spending drove most of the gains with business fixed investment, residential investment and inventories also making… [More...]
The U.S. economy is showing signs of slowing growth. Revised data show U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 1.9 percent during first quarter 2012, which represents a substantial slowing from the fourth-quarter rate of 3.0 percent. Business fixed investment, residential investment and inventories also made positive contributions. Government spending and net exports… [More...]
U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 2.2 percent during first quarter 2012, representing a substantial slowing from the fourth-quarter rate of 3.0 percent. Government spending, business fixed investment and net exports made negative contributions. U.S. nonfarm employment rose by only 115,000 jobs in April, marking the weakest gain since August 2011. Consumer sentiment increased… [More...]
U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 3.0 percent during fourth quarter 2011, representing a substantial gain over the third-quarter rate of 1.8 percent. Consumption spending and inventory investment were particularly strong. Residential and business fixed investment slowed. Imports and government spending made negative contributions. U.S. nonfarm employment rose by only 120,000 jobs… [More...]
According to the second estimate, U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 3.0 percent during fourth quarter 2011, which represents a substantial gain over the third-quarter rate of 1.8 percent. U.S. nonfarm employment rose by 227,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3 percent as labor force participation increased.… [More...]
U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent during fourth quarter 2011, which represents a gain over the third-quarter figure of 1.8 percent. Consumption spending and inventory investment were particularly strong. Residential investment showed stronger growth, but business fixed investment slowed. U.S. nonfarm employment rose by 243,000 jobs in January, and the… [More...]
According to revised data, U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 1.8 percent during third quarter 2011, which represents a gain over the second-quarter figure of 1.3 percent. Consumption spending and business fixed investment were particularly strong. U.S. nonfarm employment rose by 200,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5… [More...]
According to revised data, U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 2 percent during third quarter 2011, which represents a gain over the second-quarter figure of 1.3 percent. Consumption spending and business fixed investment were particularly strong. Preliminary indicators—such as retail sales, industrial production and trade—suggest U.S. real GDP will show even stronger… [More...]
According to initial data, U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 2.5 percent during third quarter 2011, which is up considerably from the second quarter estimate of 1.3 percent. Third quarter growth was the strongest seen since third quarter 2010, but U.S. real GDP remains 6.7 percent below potential. U.S. nonfarm employment rose… [More...]
According to revised data, U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 1.3 percent during second quarter 2011, up somewhat from the first quarter estimate of 0.4 percent. Both figures are well below the 2.3 percent annualized growth rate posted in fourth quarter 2010. U.S. nonfarm employment rose by 103,000 jobs in September, which… [More...]
U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 1.0 percent during second quarter 2011, up somewhat from the revised first quarter estimate of 0.4 percent. Both figures are well below the revised estimate of 2.3 percent annualized growth for real GDP in fourth quarter 2010. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) establishment… [More...]
U.S. real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 1.3 percent during second quarter 2011, up from the revised first quarter estimate of 0.4 percent. U.S. non-farm employment increased by an anemic 117,000 jobs (seasonally adjusted) in July, which represents an improvement over the May and June figures of 25,000 and 18,000, respectively. Mostly as… [More...]
The pace of U.S. economic growth slowed noticeably in first quarter 2011, with real GDP growth slowing to 1.9 percent at an annualized rate—a considerably weaker pace than the 3.1 percent figure posted in fourth quarter 2010. Providing evidence of continued economic weakness into second quarter, U.S. nonfarm employment rose by only 25,000 jobs (seasonally… [More...]
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