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GDP falls 4.8% — and it's only the beginning

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 29, 2020
The economy was humming in January and February. That changed drastically in mid-March as the pandemic took hold.
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U.S. economy shrank at 4.8% rate in first quarter

by Associated Press
Apr 29, 2020
It's the sharpest fall since the deepest depths of the Great Recession.
GDP posted a quarterly drop for the first time in six years.
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What's going to happen to GDP?

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Apr 20, 2020
With millions of sudden job losses and an unprecedented economic shutdown, forecasting GDP is different than usual this quarter.
Consumer purchases make up a large part of the economy. But right now, people aren't spending as much as they used to. Above, Target shoppers in 2001.
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What's gonna happen to the consumer economy?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 6, 2020
Consumer spending accounts for 70% of U.S. GDP. Is that going to change soon?
Consumer spending has carried a lot of weight in this economy for a long time.
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Business investment has been falling for three quarters. Should we worry?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 30, 2020
Money spent on things like equipment, computers and office supplies accounts for about 13% of gross domestic product.
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Can any other product rival the impact of Boeing's 737 Max on the economy?

by Jack Stewart
Jan 28, 2020
What would happen to the economy if Ford stopped production of the F-150, for example?
Production on the 737 Max has officially ended. Above, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 outside a factory in Renton, Washington, in 2019.
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Trump's been in office three years. Is the economy better?

by Nova Safo
Jan 20, 2020
A tax cut and a trade war later, the economy seems pretty similar to the one the president inherited.
President Donald Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
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Our economy has changed. Should our economic indicators change, too?

by Mitchell Hartman and Tony Wagner
Nov 26, 2019
That question stumped Kai and Molly on this week's "Make Me Smart." Here's the answer.
Don't count manufacturing out yet.
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China's GDP growth expected to be slowest in decades

by Andy Uhler
Oct 17, 2019
The Chinese government may resort to the use of monetary policy to promote the economic growth that is eluding it.
China's exports fell by over 3% in the past year, slowing GDP growth. Above, the port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province in 2018.
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Don't look at corporate earnings for clues on how the economy is doing

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 30, 2019
What's good (or bad) for corporations may not be good for the economy overall.
Board members watch a video demonstration for the Surface Hub 2 during the Microsoft annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Washington, in 2018.
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