The Commerce Department says the economy as measured by the gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the October-December quarter, less than the 2.6 percent first estimated last month. It marked a sharp slowdown from a 5 percent growth rate in the third quarter, which had been the strongest growth in 11 years.
Economists still believe growth for all of 2015 will be around 3 percent, the strongest annual pace in a decade.
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