01547cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007618 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451839517 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. United States : Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (56 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This 1999 Article IV Consultation highlights that the U.S. real GDP grew by 3.9 percent in 1998, reflecting buoyant consumption and investment spending. In the first quarter of 1999, real GDP grew by 4.3 percent (annual rate) before slowing to 2.3 percent in the second quarter. Consumption has been boosted by a sharp fall in personal saving, with the ratio of personal saving to personal disposable income declining to 1\2 percent in 1998, and turning negative in the first quarter of 1999. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1999/076 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1999/076/002.1999.issue-076-en.xml IMF e-Library