The U.S. economy with strong growth of 5.7%
The U.S. economy has a serious request to exit the severe economic crisis, it became clear from data on gross domestic product in the last quarter of 2009. It grew by 5,7 per cent in seasonally adjusted and aligned on an annual basis. This is the sharp rise in U.S. GDP by the end of 2003 onwards. The increase comes after the U.S. economic growth of 2,2 per cent in the third quarter of 2009. Analysts’ estimates were for growth of 5.4 per cent. Despite the high score, however it is too early for definitive evaluations Since several revisions to the data. Although over the last two quarters of 2009 to the U.S. economy grew for the whole last year reported a decline of 2,4 per cent. This is the worst performance of the U.S. economy from 1942 onwards, when it was registered a decline of 10.9 percent. Among the positive data make a bad impression with business investment, which suffered its biggest decline from 1942 to date, writes Market Watch. About two-thirds achieved in the last quarter of the year growth was due to selling of stocks in the economy. If they are removed from the calculations, the estimated growth of 2,2 per cent annually, which is a signal of continued weakness in the U.S.
For the period consumer spending grew by 2 per cent, slowing the increase from the third quarter, when growth was 2.9 percent. At current prices in dollar terms the U.S. economy grew by 6.4 per cent in the last quarter, equivalent to an annual basis, this makes 14.5 trillion. dollars. For the entire 2009 GDP of the United States was 14,3 trillion. dollars.
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