gross domestic product

The U.S. government is now willing to spend more than $7 trillion to help rescue the economy. That's about $23,000 for every American, and more than half of U.S. annual gross domestic product.

A revised reading on gross domestic product announced Thursday showed much better U.S. economic growth than previously reported for the second quarter.

U.S. economic growth was slightly better than previously reported for the first quarter, primarily because a weakened dollar reduced imports, according to a revised reading on gross domestic product announced Thursday.

A revised reading on gross domestic product announced Thursday showed no change in the anemic U.S. economic growth previously announced for the fourth quarter.