US Economy Grew At Just 0.5% In Q1, Missing Expectations, Lowest Growth Rate In Two Years
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
04/28/2016
“Did the Fed have an advance glimpse at Q1 GDP?” That was a question everyone was asking yesterday when the Fed came out with another not too hawkish statement. The answer may have been yes because moments ago the BEA reported that the US economy grew at just a 0.5% annualized rate in the first quarter, missing expectations of a 0.7% growth rate, growing at half the rate recorded in the 4th quarter, and the lowest quarterly growth rate since Q1 2014 (when the winter was blamed for a negative print). It was also the third consecutive quarter of GDP declines.
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