Us Gdp news and trends

Credit Restrictions Make Real Estate Buys Stall
Consumer Finance // December 05, 2016

If the American dream is buying real estate, the U.S. is becoming a divided market, where some dreams come true and others must keep wishing and hoping. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the housing lending market has become a bifurcated one, with credit...

Consumers Still Carrying US Economic Growth
Consumer Finance // December 01, 2016

In the United States, the consumer seems poised to keep on spending — carrying economic growth higher in the process, for at least the next few months. Data released Wednesday from the Commerce Department showed that personal consumption rose 0.3 percent sequentially, continuing gains in...

Warren Buffett: Economy May Be Softer Than People Think
Consumer Finance // November 14, 2016

Is the U.S. economy weaker than some of the data might show? No less than the Sage of Omaha thinks it might be. In an interview with CNNMoney on Friday (Nov. 11), the world’s second richest man (and he didn’t get there by lack of insight) said that the...

Slowing GDP, But Markets Rally On Cloudy Rate Hike Picture
Payment Methods // July 29, 2016

The euphoria that greeted strong jobs numbers recently might be tempered a bit by Friday (July 29) GDP numbers that showed that the U.S. economy expanded at a less-than-stellar pace through the first half of this year. The data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis...

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US GDP Growth Slows, Hits 1.9 Percent In Q4

January 27, 2017
The United States saw a slowdown in its economic growth, as measured by the fourth quarter, coming in at a 1.9 percent rate, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Jan. 27). That’s a marked deceleration from the 3.5 percent rate seen in the third quarter. And it’s half the rate that newly installed President Donald […]

Credit Restrictions Make Real Estate Buys Stall

December 05, 2016
If the American dream is buying real estate, the U.S. is becoming a divided market, where some dreams come true and others must keep wishing and hoping. As reported in...

Consumers Still Carrying US Economic Growth

December 01, 2016
In the United States, the consumer seems poised to keep on spending — carrying economic growth higher in the process, for at least the next few months. Data released Wednesday...

Warren Buffett: Economy May Be Softer Than People Think

November 14, 2016
Is the U.S. economy weaker than some of the data might show? No less than the Sage of Omaha thinks it might be. In an interview with CNNMoney on Friday (Nov. 11), the world’s...