Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

Real gross domestic product saw the softest increase in the past nine years, aside from COVID-19, when it dropped to -2.1 percent from a year ago. In 2025, GDP increased at a 2.2% rate vs. 2.8% in ...

Q4 2025 GDP growth was weak at 1.4%, but largely distorted by a temporary government shutdown, masking stable private sector demand. Consumer spending and AI-driven nonresidential investment supported ...

The U.S. economy cooled sharply at the end of 2025, with growth slowing to an annual rate of 1.4 percent, as tariffs and a weeks-long government shutdown sapped its earlier momentum. Overall, the ...