Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: The U.S. economy grew 2.2 percent in the July-September period, a better performance than the estimated 1.6 percent rate, the Commerce Department reported on Wednesday. The growth rate in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was considerably stronger than the 1.8 percent rate that economists had forecast, and less than half the blistering 5.6 percent rate recorded in the first quarter.

growth