As has been the case for the last ten years or so, the U.S. economy continues to grow at a rate that has failed to meet expectations. The recently released numbers from the Commerce Department show GDP growth is at only 2.3 percent, significantly below the expected 3 percent being looked for.
It has been a full decade since the last time the GDP has grown above a 3 percent rate, making it the weakest recovery in about 70 years. Economic growth hasn't surpassed the 3 percent mark since 2005, according to the Commerce Department.
Another key factor is the continual drop in productivity, which according to the Labor Department, reached a high in 2002. Being a number of years before the Great Recession, it can't be considered the primary source of the drop in hourly output.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
U.S. GDP Can't Break the 3 Percent Growth Mark
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Economic Growth,
GDP,
US Economy
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