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Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the last quarter of the year, hit by the effects of the ...

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The U.S. economy grew 2.2% in 2025, a modest slowdown from 2.4% the previous year. GDP gains were fueled by solid consumer ...