Gross domestic product fell 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, the weakest economic performance the U.S. has recorded since the first quarter of 2022.

US President Donald Trump has shared his first reaction to the GDP figures which were announced this morning, which indicates the US economy shrank 0.3% in first three months of this year. On Truth Social, Trump claims: "this is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s".

The U.S. economy shrank 0.3% from January through March, first drop in three years. It was slowed by a surge in imports as companies in the United States tried to bring in foreign goods before President Donald Trump imposed massive tariffs.