GDP on HotAir

GDP

Aug 2017

Boom: Q2 GDP estimate shows fastest growth in 2 years

Ed Morrissey Aug 30, 2017 8:01 PM

ADP: Private sector had a good month too.

Jul 2017

Q2 GDP: Solid or stolid?

Ed Morrissey Jul 28, 2017 10:41 AM

~~Great~~ Mediocre expectations.

May 2017

“Markedly improving”? Q1 GDP estimate upgraded … to 1.2%

Ed Morrissey May 26, 2017 2:41 PM

Meh.

Apr 2017

Gulp: First-quarter GDP sinks to lowest in three years

Ed Morrissey Apr 28, 2017 10:41 AM

Stagnation.

Jan 2017

BEA: 2016 GDP growth worst since 2011, dives a full point from 2015

Ed Morrissey Jan 27, 2017 9:21 AM

1.9% in Q4.

Oct 2016

Q3 GDP rises to 2.9% from Q2’s 1.4%

Ed Morrissey Oct 28, 2016 10:01 AM

Exports boom?

Aug 2016

ADP: Private sector added only 179,000 jobs in July

Ed Morrissey Aug 03, 2016 7:01 PM

CBS: US economy is “going nowhere fast.”

Jul 2016

Another whiff on the economy: Q2 GDP only grew 1.2%

Ed Morrissey Jul 29, 2016 10:01 AM

How long has it been since a 3% quarter?

May 2016

April jobs report a big miss at 160,000

Ed Morrissey May 06, 2016 10:41 AM

Downturns.

Feb 2016

Meh: US added 151,000 jobs in January

Ed Morrissey Feb 05, 2016 10:41 AM

Rush to exits of labor force?

Jan 2016

Q4 GDP advance report shows only 0.7% growth

Ed Morrissey Jan 29, 2016 10:41 AM

Personal consumption slows too?

Nov 2015

Q3 GDP revised upward to 2.1%

Ed Morrissey Nov 24, 2015 7:21 PM

A slightly warmer shade of meh?

Oct 2015

Q3 GDP: 1.5%

Ed Morrissey Oct 29, 2015 10:01 AM

Stagnation.

Durable goods gets second straight decline as economy weakens

Ed Morrissey Oct 27, 2015 2:01 PM

Stagnation.

Aug 2015

Q2 GDP rises to 3.7% in second estimate

Ed Morrissey Aug 27, 2015 10:01 AM

Wait for it …

Jul 2015

2nd-quarter GDP – +2.3%; 1st-quarter GDP – +0.6%, but lower than before

Steve Eggleston Jul 30, 2015 4:01 PM

What double seasonal adjustments gave, double seasonal adjustments took back.

May 2015

Sagging economy: Q1 GDP revised downward to -0.7%

Ed Morrissey May 29, 2015 10:01 AM

Dead end.

Apr 2015

Is it still the economy, stupid?

Ed Morrissey Apr 30, 2015 2:01 PM

Stormy weather.

Slouching into stagnation – advance read of 1st-quarter GDP +0.2%

Steve Eggleston Apr 29, 2015 12:41 PM

The usual suspects blamed

Feb 2015

Q4 GDP slides to 2.2% in second estimate

Ed Morrissey Feb 28, 2015 1:01 PM

Now with almost 20% more meh.

Hopeless: Obama aims to manage American decline in penultimate budget proposal

Noah Rothman Feb 02, 2015 4:41 PM

Stagnation.

Jan 2015

Meh: 2014 Q4 GDP rises 2.6%

Ed Morrissey Jan 30, 2015 12:01 PM

“Mindless austerity”?

Dec 2014

Final Q3 GDP growth estimate at 5.0% – best in 11 years

Ed Morrissey Dec 23, 2014 12:31 PM

Durable goods drop in November.

Nov 2014

Momentum? Second estimate of Q3 GDP at 3.9%

Ed Morrissey Nov 25, 2014 11:21 AM

Unexpected?

Sep 2014

Final Q2 GDP 4.6%, says BEA

Ed Morrissey Sep 26, 2014 9:21 AM

Best in two years.

Aug 2014

CBO revises estimate, warns U.S. economic growth will underwhelm in 2014

Noah Rothman Aug 27, 2014 4:01 PM

Mixed bag.

Jul 2014

Rebound: Q2 GDP hits 4%

Ed Morrissey Jul 30, 2014 10:01 AM

ADP: Economy added 218,000 jobs in July.

Jun 2014

How did ObamaCare screw up the GDP report?

Ed Morrissey Jun 26, 2014 2:01 PM

Get ready for more of it.

QI GDP revised sharply downward to -2.9%; Flashback: Remember when ObamaCare saved us from contraction?

Ed Morrissey Jun 25, 2014 9:11 AM

Oof.

The economy-halting winter of 2013-2014 will hobble growth for the rest of the year

Noah Rothman Jun 16, 2014 2:01 PM

Stalled.

May 2014

CBS: Don’t expect the economy to rebound significantly

Ed Morrissey May 30, 2014 10:41 AM

Big deal.

Boom: Q1 GDP revised downward to -1.0%

Ed Morrissey May 29, 2014 9:09 AM

“Not a big deal.”

DNC chair: Heck yeah, we’re running on the Obama economy!

Ed Morrissey May 08, 2014 12:01 PM

The death spiral of entrepreneurialism.

Apr 2014

Quotes of the day

Erika Johnsen Apr 30, 2014 10:11 PM

Progress.

Mission accomplished: U.S. health-care spending soars nearly 10 percent in first quarter, most since 1980

Allahpundit Apr 30, 2014 2:41 PM

Bending the curve ~~down~~ up.

2014 Q1 GDP skids to 0.1%

Ed Morrissey Apr 30, 2014 8:41 AM

ADP: 220K jobs added in April.

Mar 2014

Final 2013 Q4 GDP at 2.6%

Ed Morrissey Mar 27, 2014 10:41 AM

Meh.

Feb 2014

2013 Q4 GDP drops from 3.2% to 2.4% in new estimate

Ed Morrissey Feb 28, 2014 9:21 AM

Stagnation.

Jan 2014

2013 GDP comes in at 1.9%, down from 2012’s 2.8%

Ed Morrissey Jan 30, 2014 10:01 AM

But Q4 grows at annualized 3.2% rate.

Dec 2013

Final Q3 GDP: 4.1%

Ed Morrissey Dec 20, 2013 10:31 AM

Optimism.

Second look at third-quarter GDP: +3.6%

Steve Eggleston Dec 05, 2013 9:41 AM

Jobless claims down to a seasonally-adjusted 298,000

Nov 2013

The advance look at third-quarter GDP — a 2.8% increase

Steve Eggleston Nov 07, 2013 10:41 AM

Initial jobless claims at 336,000, higher than the late-summer average.

Sep 2013

Final estimate of Q2 GDP still 2.5%

Ed Morrissey Sep 26, 2013 9:21 AM

AP: Q3 is slowing down.

Aug 2013

CNBC: Big miss on durable goods no “statistical fluke”

Ed Morrissey Aug 26, 2013 4:51 PM

Complicating the “taper”?