The winter is taking a toll on the outlook for GDP growth in this year’s first quarter. The US economy is expected to expand by 2.4% (real seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first three months of 2014, according to The Capital Spectator’s new median econometric nowcast. The projected gain is down slightly from the previous 2.6% nowcast for Q1:2014, which was published on February 10.
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