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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Oliver O'Connell

Yellen insists US not in recession as economy shrank 0.9 per cent in second quarter

EPA

The US economy shrank by 0.9 per cent during the second quarter of the year, further stoking fears the country is heading into a recession.

Thursday morning’s data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, part of the Commerce Department, posted a second straight quarterly contraction in gross domestic product – the broadest measure of economic output.

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