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And Now, It's The Warm Weather's Fault
ZeroHedge ^ | May 9th, 2014

Posted on 05/10/2014 6:21:27 AM PDT by SteelToe

By now everyone knows that a $17 trillion economy has no greater nemesis than snow... in the winter... which in the first quarter of 2014 managed to lob off some $50 billion in growth from the world's largest economy, and instead of allowing the US to expand at its priced to ultraperfection 3.0% rate, resulted in a screeching halt in growth.

But did you know that the one thing that the economy of the centrally-planned world can't stand more than cold is... heat.

That is what Italians found out today when they read daily publication Ansa which "explained" that March industrial production declined by 0.5% because, drum roll, "summer came early this year."

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: growth; weather

1 posted on 05/10/2014 6:21:27 AM PDT by SteelToe
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To: SteelToe

We are the Soviet Union. Our economic health depends solely on the weather.

And our weather is always bad.


2 posted on 05/10/2014 6:27:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: SteelToe
WHY THE O'CONOMY IS STILL IN THE TOILET

Too Cold
Too Hot
Too Dry
Too Wet
Too Moderate
Racism
Tea Party
Sarah Palin
Vladimir Putin


3 posted on 05/10/2014 6:44:30 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Malaysia Flight MH370 Black Box signals reported in Bermuda Triangle)
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To: ClearCase_guy

It is if you listen to the msm. No weather is the right weather until Communism takes your money.


4 posted on 05/10/2014 6:50:11 AM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: SteelToe

Well, we’ve never had weather before.


5 posted on 05/10/2014 7:55:41 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Hope and Change fixed everything, even the evil economy.
Now working on evil weather, jus’ givet 8 mo’ yeeers.


6 posted on 05/10/2014 8:13:07 AM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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