The BEA has released revisions for Gross Domestic Product by Industry for years 1997 all the way to 2012. Unfortunately but not surprising, manufacturing was revised downward in their real value added to economic growth. Overall GDP grew 2.8% in 2012 and that year's better news is private goods GDP increased more in growth in comparison to private sector services.
The IMF has significantly lowered economic growth projections for 2012 and 2013. The IMF also predicts a mild recession for Europe in 2012 with the Euro Zone GDP projected to be -0.5% for this year. Below is the IMF chart for new economic output projections.
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