US GDP increases 2.1 pct in Q4

An American worker transports containers full of Granny Smith apples at an apple orchard of Auvil Fruit Company in Wenatchee of Washington State, the United States, Nov. 3, 2017. (Photo: Xinhua)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2019 expanded at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the "advance" estimate, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday.