Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
...the delayed release of the first report on fourth quarter U.S.GDP growth sometime this week. The report was delayed by the government shut down, but both Larry Kudlow, White House economic advisor, and the statisticians actually cranking the numbers at the Bureau...U.S. economy barely grows–0.1%–in the first quarter
First quarter GDP grew by just 0.1% in the first quarter from the first quarter of 2013 in data released this morning. In the fourth quarter the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6%. Economists surveyed had expected growth to slow to 1% or 1.2%
No real surprise, is it? The economy is growing really, really slowly according to second quarter GDP numbers
The U.S. economy looks like it’s weaker than expected and on the verge of a stall. Today’s data shows that the economy grew at an annual rate of just 1.3% in the second quarter. Economists had been looking for growth of 1.8%,