Operation team leader Diego Rueda inspects circuit boards at Patton Electronics Company in Gaithersburg, Maryland November 7, 2013. U.S. economic growth accelerated in the third quarter as businesses restocked shelves but the slowest expansion in consumer spending in two years pointed to an underlying weakness. Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.8 percent annual rate, the quickest pace since the third quarter of 2012, the Commerce Department said on Thursday. It was a pick-up from a 2.5 percent clip in the second quarter and beat economists' expectations for 2.0 percent growth. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)