Thursday, February 20, 2014

Signs of slowdown in the U.S. economy

Decreased in January consumer spending for the second consecutive month in the United States . This trend may be indicative of a reduction in the growth rate of the U.S. economy .
 
The consumption of goods decreased by 0,004 % in the last month . This decrease is the largest made in the last 10 months .
 
The goods consumption accounts for 70 % of the U.S. economy .
 
For the reduction of consumer goods liable intense storm that has affected large parts of the United States .
 
Meanwhile , increased by 8,000 last week the number of people who have requested unemployment benefits . The increase of this index is indicative of increased redundancy .
 
The unemployment rate in the United States is at 6.6 %, a historical low of the last 5 years .