EFE.- The United States confirmed on Thursday that the country has grown 3.1% In 2023, according to the latest and final revision of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) published by the Bureau of Economic Statistics (BEA).
This number is big From economists' estimates and higher than the 2.1% growth recorded in 2022, the year in which the world's first economy suffered a crisis. recession Technique.
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The organization also left the fourth quarter figure unchanged and confirmed that the US economy It grows Only 0.8% compared to 1.2% in the third quarter.
For its part, the annual growth rate in the last quarter of the year reached 3.4% (more than a tenth of previous estimates), compared to 4.9% recorded in the previous quarter.
This data comes a week after the Federal Reserve (Nourish itIt held its second monetary policy meeting this year, deciding to leave interest rates back in the 5.25% and 5.5% range, their highest level since then. 2001As he did in previous meetings.
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The US regulator looks closely at such numbers to make its decisions Policy monetaryIn addition to inflation, which rose by a tenth to 3.2%. February At the annual level, while it rose 0.4% compared to January, which is higher than analysts expected, and still far from the F target of 2%.Mr. Dr.
