“US GDP rose a better-than-expected 1.9% in the third quarter as consumers continued to spend”
October 31, 2019
“U.S. gross domestic product — the broadest measure of the U.S. economy — grew faster than expected in the third quarter, but slowed slightly as business investment continued to decline.
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that economic activity grew at an annualized rate of 1.9% in the third quarter, down slightly from the 2% pace in the second quarter. Economists polled by Dow Jones had expected the first look at third-quarter economic growth to come in at 1.6%…”
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/30/us-gdp-q3-2019-first-reading.html