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US GDP contraction slows to 1%

By Sarah O’Connor in Washington and Alan Rappeport in New York

Published: July 31 2009 13:51 | Last updated: July 31 2009 22:20

The US economy continued to shrink in the second quarter, but the pace of contraction slowed as aggressive government spending started to loosen the grip of the longest recession on record.

US gross domestic product declined by an annualised rate of 1 per cent in the second quarter after plunging by a revised 6.4 per cent during the first three months of the year, according to official figures released on Friday.

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