[264] During 2014, the unemployment rate continued to decline, falling to 6.3 percent in the first quarter.[265] GDP growth returned in the third quarter of 2009, expanding at a rate of 1.6 percent, followed by a 5.0 percent increase in the fourth quarter.[266] Growth continued in 2010, posting an increase of 3.7 percent in the first quarter, with lesser gains throughout the rest of the year.[266] In July 2010, the Federal Reserve noted that economic activity continued to increase, but its pace had slowed, and chairman Ben Bernanke said the economic outlook was "unusually uncertain."[267] Overall, the economy expanded at a rate of 2.9 percent in 2010.[268]

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