Stock shots US economy: 4th quarter growth faster, OECD hopeful US economic growth in the fourth quarter was stronger than originally thought at 0.4 percent, the Department of Commerce said Thursday in its final revision of the initial estimate. The OECD meanwhile said the world's biggest economies are slowly recovering from a late 2012 slowdown, with Japan and the United States leading the way, ahead of a struggling, two-speed eurozone. Stockshots of the US economy.