The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis last week released its “advance estimate” of U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of 2025. GDP measures the total market value of all ...

Economists use a variety of tools and data to predict how well or poorly the economy will do in the near-term. Experts can analyze figures like the gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rates, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. Wooden blocks with the word GDP and up and down arrows. An ...

U.S. GDP shrank at an annual rate of 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first decline in three years. Experts attribute the contraction to a surge in imports as businesses stocked up ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ingmar Rentzhog is the CEO and founder of We Don’t Have Time. An actuary uses mathematics, statistics, and financial theory to ...

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 ...