Softer conditions to start the year
Insight
May 15, 2013
US Economic Update – May 2013
US GDP rose by 2.5% (annualized rate) in the March quarter. Underlying trend is modest growth. We are forecasting GDP growth of 2.1% in 2013 and 2.9% in 2014. While GDP growth will likely moderate in the current quarter it should strengthen in the second half of the year.
- US GDP rose by 2.5% (annualized rate) in the March quarter. Underlying trend is modest growth.
- We are forecasting GDP growth of 2.1% in 2013 and 2.9% in 2014. While GDP growth will likely moderate in the current quarter it should strengthen in the second half of the year.
- The potential growth rate of the U.S. economy has slowed down, and this lower growth rate is expected to be maintained into the future.
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- US Economic Update – May 2013 (PDF 258 KB)
