(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 28 - The American economy contracted by 3.5% in 2020. This is the largest decline since 1946.
In the fourth quarter it grew by 4.0%, below the expectations of analysts who bet on +4 ,2%.
The increase in GDP in the last three months of the year follows + 33.4% in the third quarter and -31.4% in the second.
To weigh is the pandemic that in the last three months of the year forced new restrictions by penalizing economic activity.
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