Q4 2025 GDP growth was weak at 1.4%, with a temporary government shutdown; december PCE inflation surprised to the upside. Read the full analysis here.

Second-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures released Aug. 28 get different slants in the headlines. There are between 500,000 and 700,000 individual data points needed to calculate GDP. Here are a few observations from the details of the report.

There’s no official read on how fast the US economy grew last quarter, thanks to the government shutdown. But almost everyone reckons it was a healthy pace — and that’s largely thanks to AI. The technology has emerged as a crucial engine of growth ...