PulseGDP Weekly Summary
Latest estimate: - August 29, 2025The PulseGDP model estimate for real GDP growth is 1.15% on August 29, 2025.
Following this week's economic data releases, PulseGDP was updated based on:
- Manufacturers Value of Shipments: Durable Goods rose by 1.63%
- Manufacturers Unfilled Orders: Durable Goods fell by 0.03%
- Initial Jobless Claims fell by 2.55%
- Real Personal Consumption Expenditures rose by 0.38%
- Weekly Economic Index (Lewis-Mertens-Stock) rose by 2.36%
- Real Exports of Goods and Services rose by 0.11%
- Personal Income rose by 0.43%
- Real Federal Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment fell by 0.25%
- Private Nonresidential Fixed Investment rose by 0.69%
- Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment) fell by 0.91%
- New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Single-Family Units rose by 0.57%
- Real Imports of goods and services rose by 0.16%
- Real Personal Consumption Expenditures: Services rose by 0.14%
- US Regular All Formulations Gas Price rose by 0.70%
- Rail Freight Carloads rose by 3.16%
- Total Vehicle Sales fell by 0.08%
- Real Gross Domestic Product rose by 0.08%
- Real Disposable Personal Income rose by 0.23%
- Manufacturers New Orders: Durable Goods fell by 2.89%
The next PulseGDP update is scheduled for Friday, September 05.