(Kitco News) - Lower-than-expected economic growth is helping to boost gold prices this morning.
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced on Wednesday that the second reading of second-quarter Gross Domestic Product showed that the economy expanded by 2.1%, which was below expectations. According to consensus estimates, economists were expecting to see a reading of 2.4%, in line with the first estimate.
The BEA said that the updated estimates “primarily reflected downward revisions to private inventory investment and nonresidential fixed investment that were partly offset by an upward revision to state and local government spending.” Looking at some of the components of the GPD report, consumer spending increased 1.7%, compared to the 1.6% increase in the first estimate.
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