WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US economy grew faster at the end of 2015 than originally believed thanks to more willing spending by consumers, the Commerce Department said.

But a plunge in corporate sector profits, mainly because of the oil price crash, pointed to some key challenges for the world’s largest economy going forward this year.

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