US Economy Grew at 1.4% Rate in Final Quarter of 2025, Well Below Expectations

New report says Trump's economy grew much slower than expected in the fourth quarter

With slacking consumer spending and the 43-day shutdown, the GDP grew by just 1.4%.

Report: Growth slowed in the fourth quarter

WASHINGTON — U.S. economic growth slowed in the final three months of last year, dragged down by the six-week shutdown of the federal government and a pullback in consumer spending.

Economic growth is weakening, report finds

WASHINGTON — U.S. economic growth slowed in the final three months of last year, dragged down by the six-week shutdown of the federal government and a pullback in consumer spending.

US economy grew more slowly at end of 2025

The U.S. economy slowed sharply at the end of 2025 to cap a volatile year in which consumer spending and an artificial intelligence investment boom helped keep growth on track despite tariffs, uncertainty and the longest government shutdown in history.

Trump’s economy decelerated as shutdown, consumer spending drag on growth

The president blamed the soft GDP report on Democrats and Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

U.S. GDP Growth Slowed for Q4 2025

U.S. economic growth cooled significantly in the fourth quarter of 2025, which the Trump administration attributed to last fall’s record-long federal government shutdown and softer consumer spending. Gross domestic product rose at a 1.4 percent seasonally adjusted, inflation-adjusted annual rate in the final three months of last year, the Commerce Department said Friday, well below the 2.5 percent pace expected by economists. The reading marked …