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U.S. First-Quarter Growth Weakest in Three Years as Consumer Spending Falters
Reuters, Apr. 28, 2017–Lucia Mutikani
Gross domestic product increased at a 0.7 percent annual rate also as the government cut back on defense spending, the Commerce Department said on Friday. That was the weakest performance since the first quarter of 2014.