US GDP grows 2% in the first quarter of 2026, according to the first preliminary reading.

THE Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The US inflation rate advanced at an annual rate of 2.0% in the first quarter of 2026, according to the first preliminary reading of the… Department of Commerce (DOC), released this Thursday (30). The market projected growth of 2.2%. In the fourth quarter of last year, the US economy registered an advance of 0.5%. "The acceleration was sustained by advances in investment, exports, consumption and government spending, partially offset by the rise in imports — which, by convention, are subtracted from the GDP calculation," assesses DA Economics.

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