Weak US data fuel fears of slowing recovery
The US economy has stumbled deeper into the mud of another soft patch, with revised data showing a weaker pattern of growth in the first quarter.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis kept its growth estimate at an annualized 1.8 per cent, dashing hopes that it would be revised upwards, and said that consumption growth was weaker than it previously thought.
The latest data suggest the recovery will continue to be slow and painful, with average growth of about 3 per cent. That is only slightly above the long-run trend and will mean only a slow reduction in unemployment.
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