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GDP shrinks less than estimated, thanks to consumer spending
Published Wed, Jun 24, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Washington
THE world's largest economy shrank in the first quarter, just not as much as previously estimated, assisted by a bigger gain in consumer spending.
Gross domestic product (GDP) fell at a 0.2 per cent annualised rate, compared with a previously reported 0.7 per cent drop, revised data from Commerce Department showed on Wednesday in Washington. That matched the median forecast of 76 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
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