Worst drop EVER: US economy plunges over 31% in second quarter

US gross domestic product

US gross domestic product (GDP) fell by a 31.4 percent annualized rate last quarter, marking the steepest drop in output since the government started keeping records in 1947, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday.

The previous worst quarterly drop was observed in the first three months of 1958, when GDP fell 10 percent on an annualized basis.

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