Fourth Quarter GDP Just 0.7% Growth, Jan. Core Inflation Was 3.1%

Friday, March 13, 2026

Economic growth was much slower than expected in the final three months of 2025 while core inflation rose to start 2026, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Posted by qcp at 07:33 PM | 16 COMMENTS | permalink

GDP growth lower than expected for last 3 months of '25, only .7% while core inflation in January *rose* to 3.1% And that is all before war in Iran. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/13/f ...

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-- Michelangelo Signorile (@msignorile.bsky.social) Mar 13, 2026 at 8:46 AM

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How many freaking years did Trump excoriate other people for low GDP growth?

Once again, I have to say that there is no single, solitary bad thing that Trump was predicted to do that he has not done.

And the climax of this tragicomedy is still in the future.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-13 09:58 AM

WHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-13 01:41 PM

Wait 'till next month! WHEW!

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-13 01:41 PM

the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Obviously the head of the Commerce department needs to spend more time with his family.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-13 01:58 PM

Stagflation is upon us.

Every bit of it thanks to Trump's tariffs and war.

#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-13 02:36 PM

OK, some of the stats presented this morning were for January, i.e., before Pres Trump's unprovoked war with Iran had begun.

So, be careful when you look at the numbers. Be aware of the time frame the numbers represent.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-13 08:21 PM

#6 | Posted by LampLighter

Hard to imagine how the economy could improve because of this war. Gas prices = inflation = people spending less = lower GDP.

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-13 09:31 PM

@#7 ... Hard to imagine how the economy could improve because of this war. ...

I do not disagree.

I only wanted to note that some of the numbers were for January.

More to that point, when we see those numbers next month, they will reflect February.

But Pres Trump started his unprovoked war, excuse me ... little excursion, with Iran on February 28.

So how much of those coming February numbers might be reflective of what has been happening since February 28?

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-13 10:14 PM

when we see those numbers next month, they will reflect February.

IF you see them. They may be withheld for reasons of national security.

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-13 10:20 PM

"Fourth Quarter GDP Just 0.7% Growth, Jan. Core Inflation Was 3.1%"

This is exactly the kind of Fake Economic News that doesn't truly reflect so-called "poor" people are still buying new cars.

And even Specialty Coffee!

--Republican

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-14 12:41 AM

So how much of those coming February numbers might be reflective of what has been happening since February 28?

Posted by LampLighter

Not much. We'll see if the December-January downward trajectory continued.

Excluding jobs in healthcare - which are also going down now - the number of net jobs the past 9 months equals less than Joe Biden's last full month.

#11 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-14 01:09 AM

Why aren't the MAGAts crowing about the bankruptcy-prone orange pedo's economy?

#12 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-14 10:10 AM

Meanwhile, back a the ranch - -The price of 'progress' on our workforce and the economy:

www.foxbusiness.com

Guess learning to code may not be the end-all that some think...

#13 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-03-14 10:28 AM

So
Much
Winning.

The morally bankrupt pedo is bankrupting america.

This is what Boaz voted for.

#14 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-14 11:05 AM

Righties never stop blathering about how superior they are on the economy...

And here we have their boy absolutely tanking it like it's a casino in Atlantic City and they're simply silent on the topic. Nevermind the massive debt he's wracking up because this administration is little more than a bonanza for the connected to cash out from the US treasury.

And what does that idiot MSGT blather on about? Smug satisfaction that he's retired from the greatest jobs program in the world while others are getting f*&^ed after working hard and learning a useful skill.

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-14 11:06 AM

This is what Boaz voted for.

#14 | Posted by Nixon

Trump is a poor man's rich man.

Trump is a dumb man's genius.

Trump is a weak man's alpha.

Trump is an inept man's bithnessman.

That's why people like Boaz, MSGT, fistedp*&&^, ballwasher, fortcuck ect ect voted for him.

#16 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-14 11:11 AM

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