Forecasters expected the country’s gross domestic product — the total value of goods and services produced in the U.S. — to come in at 2.6% in the three-month period ended in September, according to a survey of economists by the data firm FactSet. The latest GDP figure is down slightly from the second quarter’s growth of 3%.
The American economy, the world’s biggest, has shown surprising resilience in the face of sharply higher borrowing rates as the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy in a bid to tame inflation. Despite widespread predictions that the economy would succumb to a recession, however, it has kept growing, with hiring and consumer spending holding steady.
- HEXN3T ( @HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 5•15 hours ago
Remember, Trump is the only person in the entire universe capable of improving the economy
Yeah, they say inflation is high in the U.S. But wait until a Trump administration has deported all the farm workers …
- Sonori ( @sonori@beehaw.org ) 1•10 hours ago
Don’t forget that 20% tax on all foreign goods and a 60% tax on everything made in China, which will definitely cause prices to go down./s