GDP, Consumer Spending

Government shutdown looms

Here’s How Government Spending Has Grown—and Where the Money Is Going
Social Security remains one of the largest federal spending categories, while net interest on the national debt is the ...
US Commerce Secretary wants to remove government spending from GDP
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday he would strip out government spending from the gross domestic product ...
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What if the U.S. just deleted government spending from GDP?
Government spending is tied up with consumer and business spending. Not reporting it as part of GDP would breach global accounting standards.
Speaker Mike Johnson readies for government shutdown fight as Democrats hold out for concessions
Congress has until 11:59 p.m. March 14 to pass a measure to keep the government operating at full throttle — and there's no ...
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Are Democrats Already Surrendering on Government Spending?
The minority party’s only leverage is to refuse to keep the government open without assurances that DOGE will be reined in.
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Congress approaches the red zone for getting a ’25 spending package done
"The more immediate problem is this March 14 deadline to do something about federal funding for the current fiscal year," said Loren Duggan.
New York watchdog urges state to cap 'runaway' spending
New York state government spending is skyrocketing, according to a fiscal watchdog group, which is calling on Gov. Kathy ...
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DOGE finds nearly $40 billion in spending linked to government-issued credit cards
The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for  ~$40B of ...
Keir Starmer urged to use defence spending boost to revive UK manufacturing
Make UK chief calls for support for small businesses as Europe faces pressure from US to shoulder security cost ...