GDP, Trump and US government

The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.
One consequence of government spending cuts? Lower GDP
Government spending makes up 6% of total gross domestic product. And besides, spending cuts come with economic ripple effects.
US government spending has not slowed under Trump so far, data shows
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Trump Administration may exclude Government Spending from GDP
If you ask an economics professor about what GDP is, they will tell you that it is the total value of all goods and services produced by a country at a given time. That’s a simple enough definition, but how do you calculate that massive number?
Trump administration to exclude govt spending from GDP? Commerce secretary replies
The Commerce Department in its most recent GDP report, showed that the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.3% in the final three months of 2024
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 (GDP) report, but gave no indication how soon this change might happen, while dismissing fears of a possible recession.
Government shutdown looms as Trump tries to assert new spending powers
Congress has less than two weeks to extend a federal funding deadline, but lawmakers are arguing over whether the White House ...
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 ...
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Dems: Trump’s spending play raises ‘risk of a shutdown’
Top Democratic appropriators said Friday that President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon bipartisan spending talks and ...
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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.
Fact check: Eight ways Elon Musk has misled Americans about government spending
Elon Musk has repeatedly misled the public about federal spending while playing a leading role in President Donald Trump’s ...
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Challenger criticizes Collins for lack of oversight of Elon Musk spending cuts
Phillip Rench, a former engineer for SpaceX, one of billionaire Elon Musk's companies, is mounting a longshot independent bid ...
Where things stand as Congress tries to avoid a partial government shutdown in two weeks
Negotiations to avoid a federal government shutdown in two weeks have not been going well. Lawmakers have yet to agree on ...
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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 ...
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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.