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US Economy Expanded in Q4

Commerce Department revises data.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Here’s hoping that red ink is erasable. The US economy actually grew in the fourth quarter—but just barely—instead of contracting for the first time in three and a half years, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The US expanded at a 0.1% annual rate in the last three months of 2012, better than the initially reported 0.1% drop but well below the third quarter’s 3.1% pace. Stronger residential construction and an improvement in net exports pushed growth into positive te...

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