GDP Revised Higher to 5.3% Rate in First Quarter

More numbers that are supposed to matter from the Commerce Department today according to a MarketWatch story. The U.S. economy grew at a 5.3% rate in its first quarter, revising earlier statements of its gross domestic product estimates. Of course, that doesn?t mean the 5.3% won?t be revised itself at a later date.

The 5.3% rate wasn?t as much as economists wanted, setting their hearts on a nice, round 5.6%.

?In my view, the report as a whole is at the margin disappointing,? said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at RBS Greenwich Capital. ?We had looked for a higher Q1 growth figure, and the shortfalls were in the two most important categories, consumption and business investment.?

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