4 O gigante acordou! comentada em 30/07/2014 12:10 Assuntos Gerais atlético em 30/07/14 11:54 comentada em 30/07/2014 12:10 Nem tanto.US economy roars back with 4% growth in the second quarter - FT.comThe details of the second quarter release were less positive than the headline figure. Of the 4 per cent increase, 1.7 percentage points came from an inventory build-up, reversing a big decline in the first quarter, but that cannot continue in future quarters.Final sales to domestic purchasers, a more robust measure of underlying demand growth in the economy, was up by 2.8 per cent.ChartConsumption contributed 1.7 percentage points to growth, business investment added 0.7 percentage points and government spending contributed 0.3 percentage points. But net trade remained a drag, knocking off 0.6 percentage points in total, because of a large rise in imports.
