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Strong Growth in G.D.P., but Some Caveats

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The U.S. economy moved ahead at 4% growth in GDP for the second quarter 2014. The qualifier is that of this 1.66 percentage points was for increasing inventories, so that GDP growth excluding this was 2.3%. Still a large improvement over the negative 0.9% GDP growth in the 1st quarter of 2014. Personal consumption expenditures growth was broadly even between clothing, housing and cars, contributing most of the 2.3% growth. Imports outpaced exports. Business and housing investment was modest for a small part of this 2.3%. Expansion of state and local government spending made up for decline in federal spending.

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