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Declining inventories curb Q2 growth; consumption surges
Published Fri, Aug 26, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Washington
US economic growth was a bit more sluggish than initially thought in the second quarter as businesses aggressively ran down stocks of unsold goods, offsetting a spurt in consumer spending.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.1 per cent annual rate, the Commerce Department said on Friday in its second estimate of GDP. That was slightly down from the 1.2 per cent rate it reported last month.
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