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0 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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US economy grows at surprising 3.4% rate, powered by consumer spending, AI investment
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economy → grow → spending
Reuters
Published Oct. 29, 2026, 11:49 a.m. ET
The US economy grew at its fastest pace in a year in the third quarter, shrugging off higher oil prices stemming from the conflict in the Middle East as consumers maintained robust spending and businesses doubled down on investment in AI.
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businesses → publish → AI
Gross domestic product increased at a 3.4% annualized rate last quarter, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said in its advance estimate of third-quarter GDP on Thursday.
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Bureau → increase → Thursday
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast GDP advancing at a 3.2% pace.
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GDP → poll → pace
Estimates ranged from a 1.0% growth rate to a 4.2% pace.
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Estimates → range → pace
The strength in growth is in stark contrast to households’ downbeat assessment of the economy, reflected in President Trump’s record-low approval ratings and a sharp deterioration in consumer sentiment.
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strength → reflect → sentiment
The report was published less than a week before Tuesday’s midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress.
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which → publish → Congress
The economy is expanding at a pace that is well above what some Federal Reserve officials regard as the non-inflationary growth rate of around 2%.
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officials → expand → %
The central bank on Wednesday left its benchmark interest rate in the 3.75%-4.00% range while acknowledging that inflation “remains elevated.”
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inflation → leave → range
Economists expected the Fed to raise rates in December.
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Fed → expect → December
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh told reporters “economic activity is expanding at a strong pace,” noting that “while uncertainty remains, owing in part to geopolitical developments, domestic spending has been resilient.”
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spending → tell → developments
Given the increasing dominance of AI-related spending, some economists said the strong GDP growth was probably not a true picture of the economy.
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growth → give → economy
Investors are increasingly focusing on the rising costs of long-term AI projects in which the payoff is uncertain.
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payoff → focus → which
Tech firms have borrowed huge sums over the past year for AI spending, a potential downside risk to equipment spending.
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firms → borrow → spending
Still, economists did expect this pillar of support to weaken, though a pullback in spending was likely.
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pullback → expect → spending
Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the economy, increased at a 3.8% pace in the July-September quarter after growing at a 3.8% rate in the second quarter.
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which → account → quarter
Historically low layoffs and moderate hiring are helping to underpin spending, though wage gains have at times lagged inflation.
But households also have been saving less and dipping into their nest eggs to fund spending.
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households → help → spending
With average gasoline prices still above $4 a gallon as the US-Israeli war with Iran drags on, economists anticipated a slowdown in consumer spending.
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economists → drag → spending
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