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Despite Slipping GDP, Employers Aren’t Turning to Layoffs—Yet
New data shows companies created 177,000 jobs in April, but the impact of tariffs is expected to hit in May and could send ...
GDP shrinks for first time in 3 years as Trump tariffs trigger record trade deficit. Tip of the iceberg?
The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter of 2025 for the first time in three years, reflecting a surge in imports ...
Is America's economic slip temporary? Trump, Biden allies divided over GDP report
The economy contracted 0.3% in the 1st quarter as imports surged ahead of Trump's tariffs. But underlying data showed sturdy ...
GDP goes negative
The GDP contracted this past quarter – a turnaround from two years of surprisingly steady growth. Baked into that negative ...
U.S. GDP declines 0.3% as imports surged ahead of Trump's tariffs
The U.S. economy contracted 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, the first negative reading since the Covid pandemic, according ...
Hong Kong Q1 GDP expands 3.1% y/y, faster than forecast
Hong Kong's economy grew in the first quarter by 3.1% from a year earlier, official advance estimates showed on Friday, ...
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Don’t blame imports for the fall in America’s GDP
Imports surged as firms and consumers scrambled to bring goods into the country before the worst of Mr Trump’s tariffs took ...
Imports Have Never Made This Big a Dent in GDP Before
Tariff front-running opened up a huge gap between imports and exports in the first quarter. That lopped 4.8 percentage points ...
US economy contracts at 0.3% rate in Q1, first GDP pullback in 3 years
A surge in imports ahead of anticipated tariffs resulted in the first negative reading for US economic growth in three years.
Japan Q1 GDP likely contracted on soft domestic demand, import surge
Japan's economy probably contracted for the first time in a year in the first quarter, weighed down by softer domestic demand ...
Here’s how GDP shows tariffs are starting to take a toll
The sweeping tariffs, which have roiled global supply chains and international relations, have left an impression across ...
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq come back from steep lows after GDP print to cap turbulent April
US stocks dropped as Wall Street braced for a busy day of Big Tech earnings and digested President Trump's latest move on ...