Analysis: Even brief spending cuts could hit U.S. economy hard

... be stunted by roughly seven-tenths of a percent in the first quarter, said Omair Sharif, an economist at RBS in Stamford, Connecticut. Expectations for growth during the first quarter are already lackluster. Analysts polled by Reuters last month ...



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