2nd quarter GDP growth revised down slightly to 2 percent
The new estimate was lower than the government's initial estimate a month ago of 2.1% annual growth.
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The world's second-largest economy grew 6.2% over a year ago, down from the previous quarter's 6.4%, government data showed Monday.
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The nation’s gross domestic product has been growing for the last 121 consecutive months.
The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.1 percent annual rate in the January-March quarter — a pace that will likely prove to be the high-water mark for the year before growth weakens in the coming months.
Much of the gain in the first quarter of 2019 was based on temporary factors that will likely fade, leaving growth much slower in the current quarter.
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