Economy Slowed in 4th Quarter, U.S. Report Says
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The economy's expansion slowed in the last three months, but growth for 2004 as a whole was the highest since 1999.
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Business activity, capital spending  and hiring slowed in the third quarter in response to  tightening credit conditions and a rapidly deteriorating  housing market, an industry survey showed on Monday.
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The US economy slowed less than previously estimated in the second quarter as exports and inventories grew, revised numbers from the government show.
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The pace of U.S. worker productivity  growth slowed at the end of 2004 and new claims for jobless aid  dipped last week, according to reports raising both job-growth  hopes and inflation concerns.
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BERLIN  - The German economy slowed unexpectedly in the fourth quarter of 2004, contracting by 0.2 per cent as domestic demand shrank and outweighed increased exports, the government statistics office said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - Weighed down by high energy prices, the US economy grew slower than the government estimated in the April-June quarter, as higher oil prices limited consumer spending and contributed to a record trade deficit.
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The U.S. economy continued to grow in the final weeks of the fourth quarter but the pace of activity slackened amid subdued holiday spending and a weak housing sector, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK, October 21  - The US leading economic indicators declined for the fourth consecutive month in September this year indicating sluggish economic growth going into 2005.
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The economy could be headed for slower growth in the next several months, according to a report released Thursday by a private research group.
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Annual US economic growth fell to 2.8% in the second quarter of 2004, marking a slowdown from the 3% estimated a month ago.
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Hit by a decline in manufacturing, Britain&#39;s economy grew only 0.4 percent in the third quarter, the weakest quarterly performance since the beginning of 2003, the government reported on Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- The economy nearly stalled in the first quarter with growth slowing to a pace of just 0.6 percent. That was the worst three-month showing in over four years.
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The U.S. economy grew more slowly in  the second quarter than first thought amid shrinking corporate  profits and higher imports, the government said on Friday in a  report that confirmed momentum faltered in the spring.
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The economy nearly stalled in the fourth quarter with a growth rate of just 0.6 percent, capping its worst year since 2002.
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The U.S. economic outlook dimmed on  Tuesday after reports said business productivity grew more  slowly in the third quarter than first estimated, labor costs  rose and other indicators signaled softening activity.
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U.S. economic growth in the opening quarter this year was the weakest in more than four years as businesses sold off inventories and Americans imported more foreign goods, the government reported on Thursday.
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Fewer Americans filed jobless claims  last week and growth in worker productivity slowed sharply in  the third quarter, government data showed on Thursday, hinting  that conditions in the sluggish U.S. labor market have  improved.