NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street after the government reported U.S. economic growth that wasn't as strong as economists had forecast.

The Dow Jones industrial average slipped two points to 14,694 shortly after the opening bell Friday.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down three points at 1,581, or 0.2 percent.

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