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United States
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
economic outlook
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1468-0319
pISSN - 0140-489X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0319.12059
Subject(s) - quarter (canadian coin) , economics , investment (military) , monetary economics , geography , political science , archaeology , politics , law
Real GDP growth was revised up yet again in the third quarter to 4.1% (up from 3.6%), but close to half of this was due to the largest inventory accumulation since 1998. Noteworthy was the upward revision to consumer spending from 1.4% to 2.0%, while business fixed investment growth was also revised up to 4.8%. Residential investment's contribution to growth was revised down a tick to 0.3ppt, but it remains very impressive for a sector that represents only 3% of the economy…