Economic Growth Picks Up Pace

The U.S. economy “grew at its fastest pace in more than a year and a half in the fourth quarter, signaling that a sturdier recovery took hold despite troubles in other parts of the world,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced — grew at an annual rate of 2.8% between October and December… That is up from 1.8% growth in the third quarter and 1.3% in the second quarter.”