The Commerce Department said Wednesday that gross domestic product (GDP) in the U.S. shrank at an annual rate of 6.1 percent, a reading far worse than what economists had been expecting.
Economists polled by Reuters were anticipating a drop of 4.9 percent while MarketWatch’s economists predicted contraction at a 5.1 percent rate.
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