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CBO projects 1.5% US GDP growth in 2024, 4.4% unemployment rate

19 Dec '23
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  • US growth is projected to slow to 1.5 per cent in 2024, with unemployment rate rising to 4.4 per cent from an estimated average of 3.9 per cent in Q4 2023, said the Congressional Budget Office, citing slower growth in consumer spending, investment and exports as the reason.
  • It revised the 2023 GDP growth projection to 2.5 per cent from July's 0.9 per cent.
US economic growth is projected to slow to 1.5 per cent in 2024, with unemployment rate rising to 4.4 per cent from an estimated average of 3.9 per cent in the fourth quarter this year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

The non-partisan budget referee agency also substantially revised upward the US gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for this year to 2.5 per cent from July’s 0.9 per cent.

The slowdown expected next year and a reduction in its previous projection for 2025 growth to 2.2 per cent from 2.4 per cent in July is due to slower-than-projected growth in consumer spending, investment and exports, the office observed.

The office now projects the personal consumption expenditures price index, the measure the Federal Reserve targets at 2 per cent, to fall to 2.1 per cent next year from an estimated 2.9 per cent this year, due to improvements in supply.

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