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Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Hails 2nd Quarter Growth Spurt Driven by Booming Record Exports

Washington (Aug. 30)—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released the following statement on the preliminary estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP), which showed that the American economy grew at 4.0 percent in the second quarter of 2007. (More)