The U.S. national debt crossed 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of March, with signs that it might cross the record of 106 percent of GDP reached immediately after World War II.

The U.S. national debt has now surpassed the size of the U.S. economy, a historic threshold that hasn't been crossed since the conclusion of World War II. Data released by the Bureau of Economic ...

First quarter output, driven by AI investment and government spending, rose as oil shock fuels inflation fears US gross domestic product (GDP) accelerated to an annual rate of 2% in the first three ...

The U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 2% in the first three months of 2026, slower than forecasters expected but a rebound from weak growth in the previous quarter, new government data shows.

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U.S. economic growth slowed more than previously expected during the fourth quarter of last year, according to new government data. The Commerce Department reported on Thursday that real gross ...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth slowed more than previously estimated in the fourth quarter amid downgrades to business investment, including inventory accumulation, but corporate ...

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth slowed more sharply than initially thought in the fourth quarter amid downward revisions to consumer spending and ‌business investment, government ...

The U.S. economy grew at a slower rate than previously thought in the fourth quarter after the Commerce Department released its first revision of real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the ...

GDP rose at a seasonally and inflation-adjusted annual rate of just 0.7% in the fourth quarter, according to a Commerce Department revision Friday. The first revision of the GDP reading was a sharp ...

After humming along at a robust pace for much of 2025, the economy hit a wall in the fourth quarter, with a six-week government shutdown and slowdown in consumer spending stunting growth at the end of ...

U.S. economic growth slowed sharply at the end of last year, weighed down by a record-long government shutdown and cooler consumer spending. U.S. gross domestic product—the value of all goods and ...