WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US economy grew slightly faster in the last three months of 2016 than originally reported, but still experienced a significant slowdown, the Commerce Department reported Thursday (Friday in Manila).

An uptick in consumption and business inventory investment saw the final estimate for fourth quarter GDP growth rise to 2.1 percent, an upward revision of 0.2 points from the last report. Analysts had been expecting a revision of only a tenth of a point.

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