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U.S. Economy Grew at 4% Rate in Second Quarter, Beating Expectations
The
United States economy rebounded heartily in the spring after a dismal
winter, the Commerce Department reported on Wednesday, growing at an
annual rate of 4 percent from April through June.
In
its initial estimate for the second quarter, the government cited major
gains in inventories for private businesses as well as exports and
personal consumption spending that added to the growth. Economists, who
had been hoping for a full reversal of the first quarter’s decline, were
thrilled with the second quarter’s numbers. The consensus forecast for
G.D.P. was 3 percent.
“Fantastic,”
Douglas Handler, chief United States economist for IHS Global Insight
Analysis, said of the second-quarter G.D.P. increase, which further
cemented views that the decrease in America’s overall output during the
first quarter was most likely a fluke tied in large part to unusually
stormy winter weather and other anomalies. 