Battered by surging consumer prices and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government announced this morning, unchanged from its previous second-quarter estimate. It marks the second consecutive quarter of economic contraction, one informal rule of thumb for a recession. Most economists, citing a strong
National economy shrank at 0.6% annual rate during second quarter
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