The final estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis
shows U.S. real GDP growing at a sluggish 1.9 percent annual rate in Q1
2012, the same as in the second estimate released at the end of May.
Nominal GDP grew at a 3.9 percent annual rate. That is slightly faster
than previously estimated but still well below the rate that NGDP
targeters consider necessary to close a persistent output gap and return
the economy to full employment. The BEA also released revised data showing that corporate profits in Q1 were weaker than previously thought. >>>Read More
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