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INSERT INTO vicidial_inbound_dids (did_pattern, did_description, user_group) VALUES ('The econom=y, as measured by gross domestic product, accelerated at an annualized rate= of 1.4% in the first quarter of 2024, according to the third and final est=imate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. GDP increased 3.4% in the fourt=h quarter. Personal consumption expenditures rose 1.5% in the first quarter= compared to a 3.3% increase in the previous quarter. Consumer spending on =goods dipped 2.3%, while spending on services rose 3.3%. Gross domestic inv=estment rose 4.4% in the first quarter, well above the 0.7% increase in the= fourth quarter. Nonresidential fixed investment advanced 4.4% in the first= quarter (3.7% in the fourth quarter), while residential fixed investment i=ncreased 16.0% in the first quarter compared to a 2.8% increase in the four=th quarter. Exports inched up 1.6%, while imports, which are a negative in =the calculation of GDP, increased 6.1%. Consumer prices increased 3.4% in t=he first quarter, compared with an increase of 1.8% in the previous quarter=. Excluding food and energy prices, the PCE price index increased 3.7%, com=pared with an increase of 2.0% in the fourth quarter.</span>' |