U.S. gross domestic product grew by 2,3% in Q4 2024 after expanding by 3.1% in Q3. Consumption was the lion's share of growth as investment fell on inventory declines.
The U.S. economic outlook has become more cloudy, however. Trump has promised to cut taxes and ease regulations on business, which could speed GDP growth. But his plan to impose big taxes on imports and to deport millions of immigrants working in the United States illegally could mean slower growth and higher prices.
The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product — the economy’s output of goods and services — expanded at a 2.3 percent annual rate from October through December. For the full year, the economy grew a healthy 2.8 percent, compared with 2.9 percent in 2023.
Against a backdrop of healthy demand and stubborn inflation, officials are widely expected to say on wednesday that they’re holding borrowing costs steady. At their December confab, policymakers signaled just two interest-rate cuts this year.
The US economy expanded at a solid pace at the end of 2024, fueled by a generous tailwind from consumer spending that more than offset drags from a strike at Boeing Co. and much leaner inventory investment.
AI could raise productivity growth from 0.8 to 1.5 percentage points a year. That rivals the boosts we got from the transcontinental railroads, mechanization of agriculture and interstate highway system.
The Commerce Department reported Jan. 30 that gross domestic product — the economy’s output of goods and services — expanded at a 2.3% annual rate from October through December. For the full year, the economy grew a healthy 2.8%, compared with 2.9% in 2023.
The local stock market suffered another crushing blow, plunging to its lowest level in almost 15 months following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged and a softer-than-expected Philippine gross domestic product data.
U.S. Treasury yields inched higher on Friday as investors awaited the latest inflation reading as well as other economic data.
The central bank needs to see further progress on inflation or weakness in the labor market to resume interest rate cuts.
The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) gained 0.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) rose nearly 0.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC) was up nearly 0.3%.