THE U.S. ECOMOMY ended 2021 by expanding at a healthy 6.9% annual pace from October through December, the government reported Wednesday, March 30, a slight downgrade from its previous estimates. / DAVID ZALBOWSKI / ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy ended 2021 by expanding at a healthy 6.9% annual pace from October through December, the government reported Wednesday, a slight downgrade from its previous estimates. For all of 2021, the nation's gross domestic product — its total output of goods and services — jumped by 5.7%, the fastest calendar-year…