The economy grew at a faster pace in the spring, but not quite as fast as expected, according to a government reading likely to spur further debate over whether the economy has fallen into a recession.The gross domestic product, the broad measure of the nation's economic activity, grew at an annual rate of 1.9% in the three months ended in June. That's up from a revised 0.9% growth rate in the first quarter.
Even with much stronger growth, the reading was weaker than expected, as economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast growth of 2.3%.
Growth was helped by more than $140 billion in economic stimulus checks sent out to taxpayers during the period, which helped support spending in the face of higher prices.
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