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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Dominic Rushe

US economic growth ends 2023 with surprising strength

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People carry shopping bags in New York on 22 January. Photograph: Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The pace of US economic growth slowed in the last three months of 2023, but far less than had been expected, underlining the continued resilience of the economy.

The commerce department reported on Thursday that US gross domestic product (GDP) – a broad measure of economic health – grew at an annualized rate of 3.3% in the final quarter of the year, down from 4.9% in the previous quarter but in line with pre-pandemic growth, and well ahead of the 2% economists had expected.

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