The economy expanded at a 1.6% seasonally adjusted annual rate in the first quarter of this year, a big slowdown in growth that surprised investors.
The new figures, which are adjusted for inflation, were published Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in its report for GDP. Economists had expected GDP growth to increase by 2.5%, so the reading is worse than anticipated.
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