“U.S. GDP rose at a 1.1% pace in the first quarter as signs build that the economy is slowing”
April 27, 2023
“Growth in the U.S. slowed considerably during the first three months of the year as interest rate increases and inflation took hold of an economy largely expected to decelerate even further ahead.
Gross domestic product, a measure of all goods and services produced for the period, rose at a 1.1% annualized pace in the first quarter, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting growth of 2%.
The growth rate followed a fourth quarter in which GDP climbed 2.6%, part of a year that saw a 2.1% increase…”