Related Program: Economic Pulse with Dr. Kamran Afshar Nationwide Drop in GDP on Economic Pulse By Shamus McGroggan • Jun 27, 2014 Related Program: Economic Pulse with Dr. Kamran Afshar TweetShareGoogle+Email Listen Listening... / 4:01 Economic Pulse - 06/27/14 The nation’s real Gross Domestic Product or GDP dropped by a surprisingly large 2.9% during the 1st quarter of 2014, last winter was a lot worse than we thought. (Original air-date 6/27/2014) Tags: GDPBusinessTweetShareGoogle+EmailView the discussion thread.