BCREA ECONOMICS NOW Canadian and US Economic Growth - January 30, 2015
BCREA ECONOMICS NOW
Canadian and US Economic Growth - January 30, 2015
In the United States, real GDP grew at a healthy 2.6 per cent annual rate in the fourth quarter, following 5 per cent growth in the third quarter. Growth was led higher by the strongest rate of consumer spending since 2006. Note that today's report is the preliminary release and will be revised, perhaps substantially in coming months. Given that growth was actually tracking closer to 3.5 per cent for the quarter, we expect fourth quarter GDP will be revised higher with subsequent releases.
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