real personal consumption

It looks like things might start the new week right where they left off last Friday: In the red. Those worries about global growth haven’t necessarily gone away, and yesterday’s political developments in Washington—which some analysts saw saw as positive for stocks—aren...

The advanced estimate for second quarter GDP growth just came out at 4 percent. That's a major reversal from the final first quarter number of negative 2.9 percent. Related numbers were strong too. The price index for gross domestic purchases increased by 1.8 percent. Real personal...