2nd Quarter GDP raised to 3.3%, from 2.8%

CNBC-TV ^ | 9/30/2004 | CNBC

[tellw]

Soft patch overstated?

[topdog1]

I've had the opinion for awhile that the Dem lifers in these agencies tend to play with the "interim" numbers on these economic reports, and only when the final revision comes out do we see the true numbers.

[tellw]

0.5 percentage points is huge when you're talking about the entire U.S. economy. How can they be so inaccurate? Would Greenspan and the Fed have acted the same way on interest rates if the data were better?

[libs_kma]

"Isn't is "sad" that the Democrats depend on bad news for their fortunes to rise? They are parasites on the body of the nation, like vultures that feed on the dead. Or, better, Draculas that feed on the living and turn them into the living dead."

Amen brother, I know exactly what you are talking about!

[atomicpossum]

Isn't is "sad" that the Democrats depend on bad news for their fortunes to rise?

Tomorrow's headline:

Country Goes to Hell, Democrats Overjoyed

[Once-Ler]

This is Bush's fault.

[Billthedrill]

So the rate of increase is decreasing?

We're all gonna die.