Matthew Yglesias on the stupidity of sequestration, Caroline Baum on Paul Ryan's deficit elimination plan, Daniel Gross on the GDP report, Erick Erickson on Rubio's immigration play, and Rory Carroll on Venezuela's post-Chavez void.
U.S. gross domestic product fell by 0.1 percent in 2012's fourth quarter, and analysts are chalking up the losses to reduced government spending — especially on defense. Will evidence about downsized federal budgets shrinking GDP change how lawmakers approach the budget fight?
Discovered: High CO2 levels make office workers dumb; drought drags down GDP; there's no reason why green farming can't make money; warming oceans drive plankton toward the poles.
The last GDP numbers before the election are out: the GDP increased at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the third quarter—that's better than what economists were predicting, a large improvement over last quarter, and another sign our economy is in a recovery.
A new Gallup Poll says Americans are finally feeling better about their financials and that comes on the heels of a USA Today survey which found that economists are saying that our worst economic days may be behind us.
Thursday's weekly report of first-time unemployment claims brought some unexpectedly good news, as the number of those seeking the benefit fell dramatically from the previous week, but the GDP also fell.
European stocks went up this morning even as new GDP numbers showed that most its national economies are shrinking. Just not as quickly as everyone feared.
Greece's deficit problems were so bad that it has cost the European Union and International Monetary Fund €240 billion in promised bailout money to keep the country's debt crisis from taking down all of Europe. Quite a big problem for a nation that has an economy that's in fact smaller than the metro area of Boston.
Don't get too complacent about economic recovery in the United States, because it's not happening as fast as it was last year, nor even as fast as economists had predicted.
The United States gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter over last quarter's growth of 1.8 percent, but it fell slightly short of analysts' expectations, which had predicted a 3 percent rate.
The latest round of economic numbers shows 2011 ending with improving health, as jobless claims for the week went down 4,000 to 364,000 and the gross domestic product expanded by 1.8 percent, an increase over the second quarter's 1.3 percent gain
A weak growth report comes as world markets were looking for contingency plans
The Commerce Department reports that GDP rose only 1.3 percent
File under macroeconomic questions you never asked
GDP grew at a 1.9 percent rate in the first three months of 2011
States east of the Mississippi are recovering faster than those in the West
The Brookings Institute shows that the poor are far from out of the woods
But optimists think the numbers won't be so sluggish later in the year
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