The 43-day government shutdown in the fall stymied U.S. gross domestic product growth in the fourth quarter, the Bureau of ...
Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the last quarter of the year, hit by the effects of the government shutdown.
The core PCE price index was expected to increase 3% from a year ago in December. GDP was projected to rise at a 2.5% pace in Q4.