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U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March , the Commerce Department says.
First-quarter growth was weighed down by a surge of imports.
Imports expanded 37.9% , fastest since 2020 , pushed GDP down by nearly 4.7 percentage points.
Consumers have turned jittery since Trump started plastering big taxes on imports, anticipating that the tariffs will impact their finances directly.
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