MASSACHUSETTS GDP increased at an annual rate of 11.3% in the first quarter of 2021, according to MassBenchmarks. / COURTESY MASSBENCHMARKS
PROVIDENCE – Massachusetts gross domestic product was estimated to have risen at an 11.3% annual rate in the first quarter, significantly faster than the U.S. growth of 6.4% in that time, according to a report from MassBenchmarks Thursday. "Economic growth in both the state and the nation in the first quarter exceeded expectations for two…