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2018-07-28 Government

Second-quarter GDP jumps 4.1% for best pace in nearly four years

[CNBC]

Gross domestic product increased 4.1 percent in the second quarter, matching Reuters estimates.

Strong consumer and business spending as well as a surge in exports ahead of retaliatory tariffs from China helped drive economic growth.

THE LAST TIME the economy grew this quickly was in the third quarter of 2014.

Posted by Fred 2018-07-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Obama: "That's unpossible"

Posted by Frank G 2018-07-28 10:08|| 2018-07-28 10:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Totally unpossible. Besides, Trump will never be President. Everyone knows this. Just look at the polls!

Posted by SteveS 2018-07-28 11:55|| 2018-07-28 11:55|| Front Page Top

#3 The fact that the numbers are not being fudged downwards says something. I'll wait for the next-quarter revision before I even try to guess what's going on.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-07-28 13:16|| 2018-07-28 13:16|| Front Page Top

#4 The point of comparison is: what would the number be if HRC had won? But then again, I don't want to even think about that alternate universe.

Posted by Matt 2018-07-28 13:29|| 2018-07-28 13:29|| Front Page Top

#5 .. a lot of the Left still lives there, they just share an intersection with us here at the moment.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-28 21:35|| 2018-07-28 21:35|| Front Page Top

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