In the fourth quarter, the US economy increased at a rate of 2.3 % in the fourth quarter, weaker than the expected year, and the toughness of American consumers dominated.
On Thursday, the Economic Analysis Administration's GDP figures and Bloomberg reported 2.6 % of economists and 3.1 % in the third quarter.
The report was the second day after the Fed's interest rate, Jay Powell, the chairman, said that the strength of the economy means that the central bank does not need to "rush" to reduce the cost of lending.
BEA said that in the fourth quarter, consumer expenditure promoted a large part of the world's largest economy growth, and government expenditure also promoted numbers. The decline in investment offsets the rise.
"KPMG US) chief economist Diane Swonk said:" See the acceleration of consumer spending, especially at the highest level since May 2021. " The expenditure made contributions.
The United States economy increased by 2.8 % in 2024, which is different from 2.9 % recorded in 2023.
Bernard Yaros, an American economist at Oxford Economics, said that the slowdown of growth in the fourth quarter could not continue. Yaros said: "The weakness of investment is largely due to the unsustainable prosperity of aircraft investment (2024)."
The International Monetary Fund predicts that this year, the US economy will continue to lead in Europe, Canada and Japan. The commitment to cut taxes for President Donald Trump has improved people's expectations for US growth.
However, some economists are worried that if Trump's tariffs with trading partners have triggered a trade war, it may eliminate some of the expected benefits.
Yaros said: "The biggest risk of our prediction in 2025 is to immediately collect comprehensive tariffs on major trading partners." 1.2 percentage points.
Following data, the stability of US government bonds, a two -year yield of 0.02 percentage points decreased by 4.21 %, while the 10 -year yield of 10 years fell by 0.04 percentage points to 4.52 %.
U.S. stocks rose in early in New York. The Standard 500 Index rose 0.5 %, and the heavy -duty Nasdaq comprehensive materials also increased by 0.6 %.