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United States
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.1111/1468-0319.12233
Subject(s) - economics , investment (military) , rose (mathematics) , consumer spending , monetary economics , consumption (sociology) , international economics , macroeconomics , recession , law , politics , political science , social science , geometry , mathematics , sociology
GDP grew by an annualized 1.1% in Q1 2016 as final sales rose 1.3% and inventories shaved 0.2pp from growth. Consumer spending rose 1.5%, while residential investment surged 15.6%. Meanwhile, business investment contracted 4.5%, its worst performance since Q3 2009, and net trade added just 0.1pp to growth. We expect modest GDP expansion of 2% in 2016 and 2.3% in 2017, with domestic activity constrained by global headwinds.