Profile of the Economy

The advance estimate for real GDP in the third quarter of 2019 showed the economy grew at an annual rate of 1.9 percent, very close to the 2.0 percent annual rate in the second quarter. Since the end of 2018, real GDP has grown 2.3 percent at an annual rate, and private forecasters predicted in October that growth in 2019 will be 2.2 percent on ... ................
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