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 U.S. Economy’s Recovery SlowsPosted on Jul 30, 2010
After climbing 3.7 percent in the first three months of the year, the U.S. economy grew just 2.4 percent in the second quarter, an underwhelming performance that reinforced the reality that the recovery is struggling to find some footing. Economists blame the anemic growth on a leveling off of consumer spending, a strong indicator of overall economic health. Also contributing to the drag: businesses investing in technology and equipment rather than hiring workers. —JCL The United States economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the second quarter, after expanding a revised 3.7 percent in the previous three months, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. Nonresidential fixed investment, which covers items like office buildings and purchases of equipment and software, was a key driver of growth in the second quarter, rocketing up at an annual rate of 17 percent, compared with a 7.8 percent increase in the first. The equipment and software category alone grew at an annual rate of 21.9 percent, the fastest pace in 12 years. “We’re seeing a sort of handover from consumer spending to capital spending,” said John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics. “The consumer also looks to have saved more than we thought before, which means they’re perhaps further on road to financial adjustment than we thought they were previously.” Advertisement Previous item: 300 Dead in Pakistan Floods Next item: 'Tsunami of Cash' in Afghanistan Is Questioned New and Improved CommentsWe are launching a major overhaul of our comments section. In addition to more robust spam filtering and moderation, new features include the ability to rate other comments, sort how they are displayed and respond directly via e-mail or in a thread. Unfortunately, commenters will lose their existing Truthdig identities. It's a pain, we know, but on the plus side you will now be able to log in with a plethora of options, including Google, Twitter, Facebook and Disqus accounts. Before launching this system we spent months in discussion with our top commenters. We listened to the feedback and we hope you like what we've come up with. Please direct any problems or concerns to us via our contact page. |
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By ocjim, July 30, 2010 at 11:31 am Link to this comment
Economists like Paul Krugman told anyone who would listen, certainly not the Obama administration, all Republicans and conservative Democrats, that the stimulus passed was too feeble and wrought with politics. Obama was also too feeble in not demanding a stronger, more economically-sound stimulus when the economic crisis was raging.
Now we have ideologues and demagogues, mostly Republican and conservative Democrats, who would risk prosperity for politics, perhaps ignorant of real economic needs as well.
Our past elections have had a huge harvest of the dim and superficial, supposedly leading our Congress and our country into a stagnant future, where the rich thrive and the unemployed middle class sinks.
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