Non-residential fixedinvestment decelerated from a 10.5% rate of advance in 2011 to 7.5% in the first quarter and 3.6% in the second quarter.
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Since the U.S. Department of Commerce began maintaining economic data in 1947, the long-term average growth rate in non-residential fixedinvestment has been roughly 4.16 percent.
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Real GDP rose 0.4% in the fourth quarter on the back of a solid housing sector, a resilient consumer, and higher than previously estimated non-residential fixedinvestment.
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