Wall Street’s major market averages traded higher on Thursday as investors assessed a slew of economic data, including the key PCE and GDP reports. The blue chip Dow (DJI) was +1.1%, the benchmark S&P 500 (SP500) was +0.

Real GDP increased at an annualized rate of 2% in the first quarter of 2026, just below the forecast.

After humming along at a robust pace for much of 2025, the economy hit a wall in the fourth quarter, with a six-week government shutdown and slowdown in consumer spending stunting growth at the end of the year. Gross domestic product — which measures the ...

Consumers faced escalating prices in March as the Iran war sent oil soaring and created a new level of challenges for the Federal Reserve. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy,

Q3 U.S. GDP increased +4.3%, at an annual rate, in Q3 2025, surpassing the +3.2% consensus and accelerating from +3.8% in Q2, according to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Tuesday. The number is the initial estimate of Q3 economic growth ...

This week’s revision of third-quarter GDP offers early but compelling evidence that the long-awaited Trump manufacturing boom is beginning to take shape—even as it highlights the power of Trump trade policy to boost exports, restrain imports, and ...

As traders approach another pivotal day for financial markets, a series of crucial economic data releases that could sway market dynamics are expected on Thursday, April 30, 2026. The day’s agenda features the advance Gross Domestic Product report,