Oct 30, 2008 ... Today, the federal government will release its first reading on the growth of the  U.S. economy between July and September. Economists are ...
Nov 29, 2016 ... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew faster than initially estimated  in the third quarter, notching its best performance in two years, ...
Mar 30, 2017 ... Growth in consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S.  economic activity, was revised up to a 3.5 percent rate in the ...
Jun 2, 2016 ... Consumer spending is the bulwark of the U.S. economy, accounting for around  two-thirds of all U.S. economic growth.
Jun 5, 2017 ... As a nation, we ask a lot of our consumers, whose spending supports two-thirds  of Earth's biggest economy. In tough times, such as after the ...
Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy.