Forecasts on average for the US government's first estimate for the quarter were for a pickup to a 3.2% growth

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Forecasts on average for the US government's first estimate for the quarter were for a pickup to a 3.2% growth

Joe Raedle

Cranes on a building site in Miami, Florida. US economic growth sped up to 2.8 perecent in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department said, helped by a pickup in private inventory investment and consumer spending.