The economic growth rate in the United States accelerated in the first quarter.

The U.S. economy grew in the first quarter, thanks to a rebound in government spending, but this growth may be temporary as the war with Iran has led to an increase in gasoline prices and further squeezed household budgets. Data released by the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis on Thursday showed that the initial estimate of annualized real GDP growth for the first quarter was 2.0%, up from 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025. The investment boom in the field of artificial intelligence and the continued construction of data centers supporting this technology have continued to drive enterprise spending on equipment, but consumer spending, which is a major driver of the economy, has further slowed down, even before the US-Iran conflict, its momentum was already weakening.