translate English to French: s Interruptions in economic activity in September compounded the existing slowdown, pushing real GDP growth down to -1.1 per cent in the third quarter. s And with the deterioration in both consumer and business confidence, private sector forecasters now expect that the U.S. economy will contract further in the fourth quarter of 2001 (-1.9 per cent), leaving real GDP in the fourth quarter 0.3 per cent below its level at the end of 2000. s On average, forecasters anticipate that the U.S. economy will return to positive although modest growth in the first half of 2002.
La croissance devrait s’accélérer pour atteindre quelque 4 % au second semestre.