WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth slowed more sharply than initially thought in the fourth quarter amid downward revisions to consumer spending and ‌business investment, government ...

GDP rose at a seasonally and inflation-adjusted annual rate of just 0.7% in the fourth quarter, according to a Commerce Department revision Friday. The first revision of the GDP reading was a sharp ...

The U.S. economy opened 2026 on better footing, with the latest jobs report showing employers added 130,000 jobs in January. But the data also had revised figures that paint an even weaker picture of ...

The U.S. economy experienced almost zero job growth in 2025, according to revised federal data. On a more encouraging note: Hiring has picked up in 2026. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew a bit faster than initially thought in the third quarter, the government said on Thursday, while corporate profits were also revised higher. Gross ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

The Labor Department on Tuesday published the preliminary estimate of its annual benchmark revision to nonfarm payrolls, which showed the U.S. economy added significantly fewer jobs than previously ...

U.S. firms hired nearly a million fewer workers in the 12-month period ending in March than previously estimated, according to a report released Sept. 9 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS’ ...