WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – The Atlanta Federal Reserve’s tool for predicting the speed of the U.S. economy was cut to 3.7% for the second quarter from 4.1%, reflecting somewhat less spending on new and used homes in April. Still, the second quarter looks to be on track to easily exceed the below-par 1.2% rate of growth in the first three months of 2017.
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