In current dollars, our fourth quarter GDP grew at a 6.51% annual rate, increasing from what would work out to a $25,723.9 billion annual rate in the 3rd quarter to a $26,132.5 annual rate in the 4th quarter, with the headline 2.9% annualized rate of increase in real output arrived at after annualized inflation adjustments averaging 3.5%, aka the GDP deflator, were computed from the price changes of the GDP components and applied to their current dollar change.
Our trade deficit fell 21.0% in November, the largest one month drop since the 2009 recession, as both the value of our exports and the value of our imports decreased, but the value of our imports decreased by quite a bit more.
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