US economic growth slowed to 1.9 percent in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department said Thursday in a new estimate. Growth in gross domestic product, a broad measure of the ... more 

US economic growth slowed to 1.9 percent in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department said Thursday in a new estimate. Growth in gross domestic product, a broad measure of the nation's output, in the first quarter was a tick below the 2.0 percent pace analysts expected, following the department's first estimate of 2.2 percent less