Reader Poll: Are You Spending Less?
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The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, clobbered by dual slumps in housing and credit that caused people and businesses to spend and invest more sparingly.
The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the gross domestic product increased at a scant 0.6 percent pace in the October-to-December quarter. The reading -- unchanged from an initial estimate a month ago -- underscored just how much momentum the economy has lost. In the prior quarter, the economy clocked in at a brisk 4.9 percent pace.
Gross domestic product measures the value of all goods and services produced in the United States and is the best barometer of the country's economic health.
Fears have grown that the country is heading for a recession or is already in one.
That leads to our Fast Money Reader Poll. Does negative economic news such as this cause you to spend less? Tell us now!
Would you like to survey the Fast Money readers? Send us your question and it could become the next Reader Poll.
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