Economy Statement for the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Finan

U.S. Department of Treasury press release ----------- The U.S. economy ended last year on a firm footing with real GDP growing at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter. Over the course of 2017, real GDP grew 2.5 percent, much faster than the 1.8 percent pace over the four quarters of 2016, attesting to the economy's underlying momentum despite the disruption of the third quarter's multiple hurricanes and serious wildfires. The current expansion has now entered its ninth consecutive year and, as of this spring, will become the second-longest stretch of continued growth in the postwar period. To learn more click on the picture below to read the release.