{"id":338220,"date":"2011-03-25T13:45:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/us-economy-gets-upward-revision\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:45:48","slug":"us-economy-gets-upward-revision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/us-economy-gets-upward-revision\/","title":{"rendered":"US economy gets upward revision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"43.4350479512\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>25 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>09:45 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The US economy grew faster than first thought in the final months of 2010, according to the Commerce Department.<\/p>\n<p>Growth figures for the fourth quarter of 2010 have been revised upward to 3.1% from the 2.8% previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>The rise was put down to more companies re-stocking and buying more plant and equipment than was believed.<\/p>\n<p>Economists will welcome the news, although the economy is expected show slower growth in the first quarter of 2011, in part due to higher oil prices.<\/p>\n<p>For the final three months of 2010, consumer spending grew at an annual rate of 4%, the strongest quarter for four years. <\/p>\n<p>Residential construction was growing at an annual rate of 3.3% in the final three months of the year after plunging at a 27.3% rate in the July-September quarter. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/business-12863703\" title=\"US economy gets upward revision\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US economy gets upward revision<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 March 2011 Last updated at 09:45 ET The US economy grew faster than first thought in the final months of 2010, according to the Commerce Department. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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