US Economic Week in Review: The Economy Ends the Year on a Strong Note

            The BEA released their last GDP estimate of the US economy earlier this week.  The report showed that the economy is doing very well.  On a Y/Y basis, topline growth was 2.3%, which continues the quarterly increase in this number.

            Individual components were also very strong.  Personal consumption expenditures – which comprise 70% of total US spending – ended the year on solid ground: