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Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy expanded at a 5.9 percent annual rate
in the fourth quarter, more than the government reported last month, reflecting
stronger business investment and a greater contribution from inventories.
The rise in gross domestic product, which exceeded the median forecast of
economists surveyed by Bloomberg News, marked the best performance in more than
six years, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. Inventories added
3.88 percentage points to GDP, more than previously reported, and investment in
software and equipment grew at the fastest pace in almost a decade.
Manufacturers such as Deere & Co. may continue to lead the recovery as
increasing sales prompt companies to boost purchases and add to stockpiles. At
the same time, consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of the economy,
is likely to be restrained by an unemployment rate that’s forecast to average
9.8 percent this year.
“There’s still room for inventories to add to growth,” said James O’Sullivan,
global chief economist at MF Global Ltd. in New York, who accurately forecast
the rise in GDP. “Going forward, the question comes back to sustainability, and
the key to that is a clear pickup in the labor market, which I think is
coming.”
Stock-index futures swung between gains and declines after American
International Group Inc.’s bigger-than-forecast quarterly loss overshadowed the
GDP report. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures expiring in March rose less
than 0.1 percent to 1,103.30 at 9:14 a.m. in New York after rising as much as
0.4 percent.
Economists’ Estimates
The economy was forecast to grow at a 5.7 percent annual pace, the same rate
the government initially reported in January, according to the median estimate
of 76 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. Estimates ranged from gains of 4.2
percent to 6.3 percent.
For all of 2009, the economy shrank 2.4 percent, the worst single-year
performance since 1946.
The GDP report is the second for the fourth quarter and will be revised in
March as more information, such as corporate profits, becomes available to the
government.
Consumer spending rose at a 1.7 percent pace, compared with the 2 percent rate
forecast by economists and a 2.8 percent gain in the prior quarter. Spending
added 1.23 percentage points to GDP.
Third-quarter purchases received a boost from the government’s auto-incentive
program that offered buyers discounts to trade in older cars and trucks for
new, more fuel- efficient vehicles. The plan expired in August.
Household Purchases
Household purchases dropped 0.6 percent last year, the biggest decrease since
1974.
Increases in production last quarter stemmed the slide in inventories from
earlier in the year. Stockpiles dropped at a $16.9 billion annual pace
following a $139.2 billion decline the previous three months. Inventories
declined at a record $160.2 billion pace in the second quarter.
Today’s report showed purchases of equipment and software increased at an 18.2
percent pace in the fourth quarter, the most since 2000. The gain helped offset
a 13.9 percent drop in commercial construction, leaving total business
investment up 6.2 percent during the final three months of 2009.
A report yesterday showed companies ordered more capital goods in January,
driven primarily by bookings for commercial aircraft. Declines in other, less
volatile industries indicate business investment may be slowing, according to
yesterday’s Commerce Department figures.
Job Market
The job market is one part of the economy where a recovery is slow to take
hold. Payrolls fell by 20,000 last month after a 150,000 drop in December. The
U.S. has lost 8.4 million since the start of the recession in December 2007,
the most of any slowdown in the post-World War II era.
The jobless rate fell to 9.7 percent in January, the Labor Department said on
Feb. 5. Unemployment is projected to end the year at 9.5 percent, according to
a Bloomberg survey.
In other areas of the economy, today’s report showed a smaller trade deficit,
which contributed 0.3 percentage point to fourth-quarter growth. Government
spending fell at a 1.2 percent pace after a 2.6 percent increase the previous
quarter.
Residential construction climbed at a 5 percent rate last quarter after
expanding at a 18.9 percent pace in the previous three months.
Deere, the world’s largest maker of farm machinery, posted first-quarter
profit this month that topped analysts’ estimates and raised its 2010 forecast.
Chief Executive Officer Samuel Allen said Feb. 17 that full-year equipment
revenue will increase as much as 8 percent.
‘Great Potential’
“Positive developments based on the world’s prospects for population and
economic growth hold great potential and should help our company,” he said in a
statement.
Inflation stayed within the Fed’s long-term forecast range, today’s report
showed. The central bank’s preferred price gauge, which is tied to consumer
spending and strips out food and energy costs, rose at a 1.6 percent annual
pace following a 1.2 percent increase in the prior quarter.
The GDP price gauge climbed at a 0.4 percent pace, less than the 0.6 percent
median forecast of economists surveyed.
To contact the reporter on this story: Timothy R. Homan in Washington at
thom...@bloomberg.net
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