30 March 2001, 17:06  US 4Q GDP REVISED AGAIN, TO 1% GROWTH RATE

Thursday's U.S. 4Q real GDP revision was to +1.0%, 0.1point below the prior estimate, with revisions mainlynoted in lower inventories and lower goods exportsbased on new source data for December, the CommerceDepartment said Thursday. Real final sales remain betterthan overall GDP at +1.7%, indicating that the $55.7billion increase in private inventories subtracted 0.62percentage point from growth. Final Sales were up 2.4% in3Q. The GDP price deflator was +2.0%.

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