Analysis, Commentary

Strong Consumption Drives GDP Growth in the Second 2018 Quarter

Investment and GDPInvestment was driven largely by a surge in the mining sector, prompted by higher world energy prices.

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 27, 2018
By: Dean Baker

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a 4.1 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the strongest pace since a 4.9 percent rate in the third quarter of 2014. (Growth had been 5.1 percent in the second quarter.) By far the largest contributor to this growth was a 4.0 percent rate…

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