GDP growth revised down bigtime to a sluggish 0.7% for Q4

03/13/2026 Notes in the Margin

Growth in gross domestic product was down sharply from 4.4% in last year’s Q3 and 3.8% in Q2. The fourth-quarter number was half the govt’s first estimate of 1.4%

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