The Latest Breaking News from GDP

In the U.S., some 32 million family-owned businesses contribute $7.7 trillion to GDP every year.

The weekend was a whirlwind of activity in the cryptocurrency world. From predictions of Solana’s potential surge to the historic move of publishing US GDP data on blockchain, the crypto market was abuzz with news.

Senegal’s dramatic two-notch credit rating downgrade in February 2025 by the credit rating agency Moody’s was followed by a Standard & Poor’s downgrade in July.

Cryptocurrency supporters hailed on Thursday the U.S. government's move to post GDP numbers on several blockchain platforms.

Bitcoin consolidated on Thursday, while major altcoins fell, despite the U.S. economy posting stronger-than-expected results in the second quarter.

Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK) on Friday announced a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Commerce to deliver official macroeconomic data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) directly on-chain, enabling smart contracts and decentralized applications to integrate trusted government statistics such as GDP and inflation data.

Economic downturns often seem to catch everyday people off guard, but some warning signs might be hiding in plain sight. One area worth exploring is how the spending habits of the rich and the poor could predict the next recession. By looking at what, how, and when different groups spend…

The U.S. economy returned to form in the second quarter, growing at a 3.3% annualized pace —a sharp turnaround from the sluggish first quarter, which saw a 0.5% contraction as businesses scrambled to navigate the return of tariffs under President Donald Trump.

The 2% of GDP guideline was instituted in 2014, but allies have recently pledged to up the target for core defence spending to 3.5% of GDP.