Today's top business headlines with CNN's davebriggstv before the opening bell on Wall Street:
London 1. US economy in focus: Just a few months ago, forecasters saw trouble ahead for the American economy. Not anymore.
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis is due to report gross domestic product at 8:30 a.m. ET, and economists polled by Refinitiv are now projecting 2.1% annualized growth for the first quarter. That would be only slightly lower than the previous quarter's 2.2% — which followed two robust quarters in mid-2018.The US labor market has bounced back after disappointing data in February, and wages are growing faster than inflation.
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