A chart shows how much the government shutdown hurt economic growth last quarter

The Bureau of Economic Analysis published gross domestic product data on Friday.

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• Real GDP rose at an annualized rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, below the 2.8% forecast.
• That's short of the growth in the previous two quarters but better than the first quarter's contraction.
• Federal government spending took a big hit, likely due to the record-long shutdown last fall.

Economic growth slowed more than expected at the end of last year ...