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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: ABX on March 05, 2019, 05:05:12 pm

Title: Atlanta Fed keeps U.S. first-quarter GDP growth view at 0.3 percent
Post by: ABX on March 05, 2019, 05:05:12 pm

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The U.S. economy is growing at a 0.3 percent annualized rate in the first quarter, based on data on domestic construction spending in December released on Monday, the Atlanta Federal Reserve's GDPNow forecast model showed.
This matched the pace for first-quarter gross domestic product that the Atlanta Fed's GDP program calculated on Friday....

https://www.streetinsider.com/Fed/Atlanta+Fed+leaves+U.S.+first+quarter+GDP+growth+view+at+0.3+percent/15211588.html (https://www.streetinsider.com/Fed/Atlanta+Fed+leaves+U.S.+first+quarter+GDP+growth+view+at+0.3+percent/15211588.html)

Title: Re: Atlanta Fed keeps U.S. first-quarter GDP growth view at 0.3 percent
Post by: ABX on March 05, 2019, 05:06:26 pm

This would put growth well below inflation.
http://www.in2013dollars.com/current-inflation-rate (http://www.in2013dollars.com/current-inflation-rate)