U.S. economy grew at 2% annual rate in Q1 2026
The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.0% annualized rate in the January through March quarter, the GDP report showed. Growth was driven largely by stronger business investment even as consumer spending cooled, leaving the print below analysts' 2.2% forecast. Rising energy prices as the war in Iran began to affect markets and lingering effects from last fall's 43-day federal shutdown tempered the quarter. A cooler-than-expected start to 2026 tightens the Federal Reserve's policy trade-offs and could pressure risk assets if momentum does not pick up.
Breaking news: The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 2% in the first quarter, falling short of Wall Street expectations ft.trib.al/5Z9NLFO
How does Biden keep getting away with this?!
Wall Street isn’t too smart if they expected stronger growth than 2%. What exactly would be driving that?
The president said it would be 15% this year.
Do you have the numbers without the data center-induced stimulus?
And that was super propped by data center spending. At least half that 2%.
Breaking News: The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2% in early 2026 even as the war with Iran pushed up global energy prices.
Led primarily by the top 10% of wealthy families….
Grew for whom? These figures are irrelevant to the lives of normal people.
The reporting on the economy is weird. If numbers are bad, but better than expected, or public perception, it’s a great success. When numbers are good, but not as good as public perception, it’s a catastrophic failure. Isn’t 2.2% objectively below average historically?
These numbers come from an agency headed by Howard Lutnick.
And it's no longer early 2026. We ain't seen nothing yet.