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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 ...

The US economy grew less than expected at the end of last year, dragged down by a record-long government shutdown, consumer spending and trade. Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product increased an ...

The economy grew at a 1.4% seasonally adjusted annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2025, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported in an estimate of gross domestic product, far below the forecast ...

Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the last quarter of the year, hit by the effects of the government shutdown. By Ben Casselman The U.S. economy slowed sharply at the end ...

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An independent journalist who helped uncover Minnesota fraud allegations testified before lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday. David Hoch, featured in Nick Shirley’s widely viewed investigation videos ...

A revised set of figures continued to show that U.S. economic growth powered ahead last summer, confirming an upswing that had surprised analysts in December. Gross domestic product grew at a 4.4% ...

MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Russia ran a budget deficit of 5.6 trillion roubles ($72.12 billion), or 2.6% of GDP, in 2025, the Finance Ministry said on Monday, the highest deficit since 2020 as a ...