The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported on February 28, 2024, a 3.2% growth in the economy for the last quarter of 2023. This figure falls short by 0.1 percentage points from the early January guess of 3.3%. A dip in private inventory spending caused this slight adjustment. The revision came after a closer […]
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