US economy grew 4.2% pc in second quarter, faster than first reported

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BSS, Washington :
The roaring growth recorded by the US economy in the second quarter was even faster than first reported, with new numbers showing a bigger boost in corporate spending, the government reported Wednesday.
Gross Domestic Product advanced at an annual rate of 4.2 percent in the April-to-June period, a tenth of a point faster than initial estimates showed last month and still the fastest growth in almost four years, according to the Commerce Department.
Economists had instead been expecting a slight downward revision.
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