Wednesday, June 6, 2007

White House revises U.S. 2007 growth forecast down

(Reuters) - The latest figures, presented on a
fourth-quarter-over-fourth-quarter basis, update estimates that
were made last November. They will be used in a mid-year review
that the White House will issue later.




The main reason for revising the figures down was because
the economy grew at a weak pace in the first quarter of this
year, though the Bush administration forecast the pace of
growth will pick up as the year wears on.


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