Hit by Trump trade wars, US economy falls 0.2% in first quarter, an upgrade from initial estimate

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....it by Trump trade wars, US economy falls 0.2% in first quarter, an upgrade from initial estimate<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 29-5-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Washington, May 29 (AP) The US economy shrank at a 0.2% annual pace from January through March, the first drop in three years, as President Donald Trump's trade wars disrupted business, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade of its initial estimate. ....

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.... First-quarter growth was brought down by a surge in imports as companies in the United States hurried to bring in foreign goods before the president imposed massive import taxes. The January-March drop in gross domestic product — the nation's output of goods and services — reversed a 2.4% gain in the fourth quarter of 2024. Imports grew at a 42.6% pace, fastest since third-quarter 2020, an....

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....d shaved more than 5 percentage points off GDP growth. Consumer spending also slowed sharply. Trade deficits reduce GDP. But that's mainly a matter of mathematics. GDP is supposed to count only what's produced domestically. So imports — which the government counts as consumer spending in the GDP report when you buy, say, Costa Rican coffee — have to be subtracted out to keep them from artifi....

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....cially inflating domestic production. The first-quarter import surge likely won't be repeated in the April-June quarter and, therefore, shouldn't weigh on GDP. Thursday's report was the second of three Commerce Department estimates of first-quarter GDP. The final version comes out June 26. (AP) AMJ AMJ<BR> News - Press release - PIB....