Read more GDP stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7085/gdp.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:45:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74728/q3-gdp-growth-more-like-28-than-35.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe government’s optimistic reading of GDP growth in the 3rd quarter was distorted by a pair of rose-tinted glasses, it now says. The Commerce Department has revised its estimate down to 2.8% from 3.5% on evidence that stimulus programs like Cash for Clunkers and the homebuyers' tax credit...http://www.newser.com/story/74728/q3-gdp-growth-more-like-28-than-35.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:29:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71910/record-14t-deficit-imperils-recovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal deficit in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 was $1.4 trillion, lower than projected but still a record. At 10% of GDP, the figure is the largest since 1945, when the deficit was 21.5% of GDP. The figure made public today coincides with early rumblings...http://www.newser.com/story/71910/record-14t-deficit-imperils-recovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 18:35:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67653/dow-up-3-as-stocks-stall-ahead-of-reports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStocks closed near to opening levels today, with the Dow just barely extending its winning streak into a fifth session, the Wall Street Journal reports. All the indices hit new highs for 2009 early, boosted by housing data, investors pulled back ahead of looming reports on consumer confidence, new home...http://www.newser.com/story/67653/dow-up-3-as-stocks-stall-ahead-of-reports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 15:22:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66760/fed-holds-rates-sees-economy-leveling-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Federal Reserve has slowed its recovery-minded plan to purchase Treasury securities but said that "economic activity is leveling out," the Wall Street Journal reports. The Fed’s policy committee hopes to complete its $300 billion purchase of Treasury securities by October—originally slated for September—and also plans to keep...http://www.newser.com/story/66760/fed-holds-rates-sees-economy-leveling-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 14:16:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65800/dow-up-17-to-end-best-month-since-02.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagData which showed a slowing pace of decline for US gross domestic products fueled modest advances in the markets today, with the Dow finishing its best month since October 2002, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bank of America and Alcoa paced advancers, and the Dow closed up 17.15 at...http://www.newser.com/story/65800/dow-up-17-to-end-best-month-since-02.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 15:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65763/gdp-slows-descent-falls-just-1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US economy contracted in the second quarter, but it was a mild decline that beat analyst estimates, Bloomberg reports. GDP fell 1%, less than the 1.5% economists predicted, and a heck of a lot less than the 6.4% and 5.4% drops seen in the two previous...http://www.newser.com/story/65763/gdp-slows-descent-falls-just-1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 8:00:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65213/good-news-weve-hit-bottom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer Fed vice chairman Alan Blinder has some good news and some bad news about the economy, and it’s the same news: We’ve hit bottom. Third-quarter GDP should turn positive, and the fourth quarter could even hold an upside surprise. Growth of 3% or even 4% is utterly plausible. It’s...http://www.newser.com/story/65213/good-news-weve-hit-bottom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 9:13:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60211/recession-will-end-next-quarter-economists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf economists are right, the worst is over for the US economy. In a survey released today by the National Association for Business Economics, 74% of economists said the recession would end in the third quarter. But the coming recovery won’t be a strong one, they warned. Job losses will...http://www.newser.com/story/60211/recession-will-end-next-quarter-economists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 8:20:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59677/us-trading-partners-see-huge-gdp-falls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYesterday Mexico became the latest country to disclose a sharp economic contraction as a result of the slowdown in US consumption of imported goods. Mexican GDP fell at an annualized rate of 21.5% in the first quarter, following Germany, down 14.4%, and Japan, 15.2%—its worst performance...http://www.newser.com/story/59677/us-trading-partners-see-huge-gdp-falls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 6:16:21 CDT