U.S. economy still ticking, just barely
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GDP rose by only 0.6 percent last quarter, the slowest rate in one year.
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The U.S. economy will grow slowly  during the first half of the year, but pick up strength as the  months pass, a survey of top forecasters showed on Saturday.
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The U.S. economy grew at a  weaker-than-expected rate in the final three months of last  year, the government's latest estimate on Wednesday showed, as  businesses built fewer inventories and consumers spent less.
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The U.S. economy grew at a  weaker-than-expected 3.1 percent annual pace in the final  quarter last year, its slowest since the beginning of 2003 as  the country's trade performance deteriorated and inflation  picked up, a government report on Friday showed.
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The economy limped ahead at just a 0.7 percent pace in the first quarter, the slowest in more than four years. Some businesses clamped down on spending, given the uncertainties about the severity of the housing slump.
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U.S. stocks opened little changed on  Friday, after third-quarter gross domestic product data showed  the U.S. economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace.
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The U.S. economy grew at a  weaker-than-expected 3.1 percent annual pace in the final  quarter of 2004, its slowest since the beginning of 2003 as the  country's trade performance deteriorated and inflation picked  up, a government report on Friday showed.
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U.S. economic growth, while  improving, has not hit the pace it was expected to do by now,  Federal Reserve Governor Mark Olson said on Monday.
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A weaker-than-anticipated report on the US labor market, showing just 112,000 jobs added in November, disappointed some but confirms a still-sluggish pace of US economic growth, analysts said.
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The U.S. economy should expand modestly in coming months, a gauge of future business activity showed Thursday, indicating consumers and businesses may be shrugging off the weak housing market.
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WASHINGTON -- The economy has slowed even more than previously thought, but the sluggish spell is not expected to turn into recession as Election Day nears.
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The US economy&#39;s &quot;soft patch&quot; was not as weak as initial estimates, according to government data showing a 3.3 percent pace of expansion in the second quarter.
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A leading index of the U.S. economy  dipped in the latest week, and a continued lack of growth in  the data shows no end in sight to the current slowdown, a  report showed on Friday.
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The U.S. economy will barely manage to grow in the first quarter this year while inflation will remain somewhat elevated, a quarterly survey issued by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank showed on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- A string of government reports yesterday offered a mixed picture of the US economy.
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The U.S. economy should contract slightly in coming months as the ongoing slump in the housing industry takes a deeper toll on the economy, a gauge of future business activity showed Thursday.
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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.