US GDP Q2 แผ่วแล้วจ้า
โพสต์แล้ว: ศุกร์ ก.ค. 28, 2006 7:38 pm
Economy Slows Sharply, Inflation Heats Up in 2nd Quarter, Commerce Department Says
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy's growth slowed sharply in the second quarter, logging just a 2.5 percent pace as consumers tightened their belts and spending on home building suffered its deepest cut in nearly six years. Inflation, however, shot up.
The latest snapshot of gross domestic product released by the Commerce Department on Friday showed that the overall pace of economic activity in the April-to-June quarter was about half that of the January-to-March quarter, when the economy zipped along at a 5.6 percent annual rate, the fastest in 2 1/2 years.
Gross domestic product measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States and is considered the best barometer of the country's economic standing.
The second-quarter's performance -- which reflected the bite of high energy prices and rising interest rates on people and businesses as well as a cooling in the once red-hot housing market -- was weaker than the 3 percent pace analysts were forecasting.
The 2.5 percent pace was the slowest since a 1.8 percent growth rate in final quarter of 2005, when the economy was suffering fallout from the devastating Gulf Coast hurricanes.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy's growth slowed sharply in the second quarter, logging just a 2.5 percent pace as consumers tightened their belts and spending on home building suffered its deepest cut in nearly six years. Inflation, however, shot up.
The latest snapshot of gross domestic product released by the Commerce Department on Friday showed that the overall pace of economic activity in the April-to-June quarter was about half that of the January-to-March quarter, when the economy zipped along at a 5.6 percent annual rate, the fastest in 2 1/2 years.
Gross domestic product measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States and is considered the best barometer of the country's economic standing.
The second-quarter's performance -- which reflected the bite of high energy prices and rising interest rates on people and businesses as well as a cooling in the once red-hot housing market -- was weaker than the 3 percent pace analysts were forecasting.
The 2.5 percent pace was the slowest since a 1.8 percent growth rate in final quarter of 2005, when the economy was suffering fallout from the devastating Gulf Coast hurricanes.
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