Economists expected economic growth to rise significantly and now that we’ve got the latest GDP report, we’ll break down the biggest takeaways in the data.
WSJ’s Dion Rabouin will unpack the report and explain what really matters.
Photo: Li Jianguo/Zuma PressA lot of investors are familiar with Stein’s law, named after the late economist Herbert Stein : “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”Which brings us to Thursday’s gross-domestic-product report.
The Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy grew at an inflation-adjusted 4.9% annual rate, the biggest gain since the fourth-quarter of 2021, and far stronger than the less-than-2% rate that Federal Reserve policymakers think it needs to settle in at to avoid overheating.
Persons:
we’ve, WSJ’s Dion Rabouin, Li Jianguo, Herbert Stein
Organizations:
Commerce Department, Federal
Locations:
U.S