US economy roars back to enjoy strongest quarter since 2003

Telegraph
"The US economy grew at its fastest pace in six years in the last three months of 2009, confirming that the world's largest economy had firmly exited its year-long recession.Better-than-expected figures from the US Commerce Department show that the American economy grew at an annualised rate of 5.7pc in the last quarter of last year, more than double the 2.2pc rate in the third quarter, and above the 4.7pc economists had been forecasting."