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US economy expanded at 2.3 pc annual pace from Oct to Dec, unchanged from initial estimate

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....S economy expanded at 2.3 pc annual pace from Oct to Dec, unchanged from initial estimate<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 27-2-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Washington, Feb 27 (AP) The American economy grew at a solid 2.3 per cent annual rate the last three months of 2024, supported by a burst of year-end consumer spending, the government said, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of fourth-quarter growth. The outlook....

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.... for 2025 is cloudier as President Donald Trump pursues trade wars, cutbacks in the federal workforce and mass deportations. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that growth in gross domestic product — the nation's output of goods and services — decelerated from a 3.1 per cent pace in July-September 2024. For all of last year, the economy grew 2.8 per cent, compared with 2.9 per cent in....

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.... 2023. Consumer spending advanced at a 4.2 per cent pace from October through December. The report shows that Trump inherited a healthy economy when he took office last month. Growth has now topped a decent 2 per cent for nine of the last 10 quarters. Unemployment is low at 4 per cent, and inflation has come down from the highs it hit in mid-2022. After lowering its benchmark interest rate thre....

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....e times in the last four months of 2024, the Federal Reserve left it unchanged in January and appears to be in no hurry to start cutting again. Progress against inflation has stalled in recent months. At 3 per cent in January, the year-over-year increase in consumer prices is down sharply 9.1 per cent in June 2022 but remains stuck above the Fed's 2 per cent target. President Donald Trump's pla....

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....ns to impose tax imports at a scale not seen since the 1930s risks raising prices and intensifying inflationary pressure. Deporting millions of immigrants working in the country illegally, as Trump has promised, could also create labour shortages that push up wages and feed inflation. Thursday's GDP report was the second of three Commerce Department looks at fourth-quarter economic growth. The fi....

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....nal estimate comes out March 27. (AP) GRS GRS<BR> News - Press release - PIB....