Base-Year Analysis: Definition, Methods, and Real GDP Example

Discover how base-year analysis measures economic changes, eliminates inflation effects, and aids in financial growth ...
Marketplace

Consumer spending was — once again — key to GDP growth last quarter

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

The Government Needs Wealthy Consumer Spending To Keep GDP Growing

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 ...
Inc

Recession Watch? Tanking Consumer Confidence Foreshadowed GDP Contraction in Q1

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 ...

Understanding Procyclic Trends and Examples in Economics

Learn how procyclic trends in GDP, labor, and consumer goods follow the economy's cycles. Explore examples and insights into ...
Forbes

Government Spending Is An Essential Component Of GDP

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 ...
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‘Thanks to the mighty consumer,’ GDP shows more spring in U.S. economic growth

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.
Seeking Alpha

GDP Whacked By Massive Spike In Imports On Frontrunning Of Tariffs; Consumer Spending Grew, Business Investment Soared

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 ...
The Gazette

Sagging consumer confidence, drop in GDP hang over economy | Tatiana Bailey

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 ...
Seeking Alpha

What Slowdown? Q2 GDP Growth Revised Up To Hot Zone Of 3.8%, Stronger Consumer Spending And Private Fixed Investment

Consumer spending growth was revised up to +2.5% in Q2. The first estimate had pegged consumer spending growth at a worrisomely anemic 1.4%, the second estimate at 1.6%. Private fixed investment was ...
Morningstar

'Thanks to the mighty consumer,' GDP shows more spring in U.S. economic growth

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 ...