U.S. economy grew 2% from January-March, recovering from federal shutdown

Growing GDP, thank GPT

U.S. gross domestic product grew by 2% in the first three months of 2026. (It’s a stark improvement to the final quarter of 2025, which saw GDP growth of just 0.5%.) Experts agree massive investment in artificial intelligence is the main driver of that growth. But what does that mean for the rest of the economy? Also in this episode: Financial market predictions fall short of real-life crude oil costs, airlines face an aircraft technician shorta…

Fox figures repeatedly claimed the economy would grow at a 5% pace thanks to Trump. It actually grew just 2% in the first quarter of 2026.

Fox personalities spent the first quarter of 2026 repeatedly telling viewers that the economy was growing robustly or predicting growth at up to a 5% annualized rate thanks to President Donald Trump’s purported improvements to the American economy during his second term. According to the April 30 advance estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, real gross domestic product growth for the first quarter of 2026 came in at just 2% — yet Fox’s …

U.S. Economy Grew 2% in First Quarter, But Iran War Clouds Outlook

The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall’s 43-day federal government shutdown. But the outlook is clouded by the Iran war. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services

First Quarter Economic Data Shows Stable U.S. Economy and Strong Job Market

Several key economic reports were released today highlighting a broad and strong U.S. economy with a very strong labor market. ♦ The first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) [DATA HERE] The first estimate is for growth at 2.0 percent.  At first glance that is lower than […] The post First Quarter Economic Data Shows Stable U.S. Economy and Strong Job Market appeared first on The Last Refuge.

Economy grew 2% in early 2026 even with war in Iran

The U.S. economy extended a streak of resilience and expanded at an annual rate of 2% in the first three months of the year, even as global energy prices surged in the first weeks of war with Iran.

U.S. economy grew 2% from January-March, but Iran war clouds outlook

“This is a split-screen economy.”