A customer shops for garden seed at a Home Depot store in Chicago, Illinois, the United States, in this file photo. The U.S. economy struck a peppy 3.9 percent annual growth rate in the second quarter, faster than originally thought and providing more fuel for a Fed rate hike, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday. The new data confirmed the economy’s rebound from a first-quarter stall, though since then it has settled to a more modest pace as global growth has slowed.SD-Agencies
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