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Current and Leading Indexes

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State economy contracted modestly in Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, Massachusetts real gross state product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 1.1 percent, according to MassBenchmarks, while U.S. GDP decreased at an annual rate of 0.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In the fourth quarter of 2024, Massachusetts GDP and U.S. GDP increased at annual rates of 1.9 percent and 2.4 percent respectively, according to the BEA.

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