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Fiscal tightening should drag U.S. growth lower in the remainder of 2013

Bart van Ark

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.5% pace in the first quarter, but we continue to expect fiscal tightening via the sequester spending cuts to slow growth in the remainder of this year.

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