2004 increase in durable-goods demand was largest in a decade

Associated Press ^ | 27 January 2004 | Staff Reporter

[roaddog727]

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for durable goods, helped by strong demand for communications equipment, rose a solid 0.6 percent in December, capping off a year in which demand for big-ticket manufactured goods rose at the fastest clip in a decade.

[roaddog727]

More good economic news.

Tell those gloom and doom DUmmie naysayers that we are in fact stageing an economic recovery.

As always, have at it!

[Choose Ye This Day]

Barbara Boxer is Deeply Saddened.

[Phantom Lord]

How is this possible? I have been hearing on the news, and here on FR that there is no more manufacturing in the US.

[roaddog727]

Good.

More DUmmies need to be deeply saddened.

[SierraWasp]

Lando!!! You are responsible for this... Aren'tchew!!!

Are you singlehandedly trying to screw-up every Demonicrat wet dream??? How couldjew???

[SierraWasp]

"...and here on FR that there is no more manufacturing in the US.

NO!!! HERE ON FR???

Say it isn't so!!!

[bmwcyle]

I don't know how to feel since I have been fired.

[Choose Ye This Day]

It's okay, Tom. Senator Boxer has it covered. She's taken over your girlish hissy fits and anti-administration attacks.

I think Home Depot in Rapid City is hiring, Tom.

[bmwcyle]

No Tom will be back in Washington working in a lobby office soon. We have inside information.

[Choose Ye This Day]

I'm not surprised. Will he be working with his wife? What industry?

[roaddog727]

Below is what the US manufactures in the aggregate as Consumer durable good as a percentage of GDP:

Year 2001 2002 2003 2004

Consumer
Durable goods............ 4.3 6.5 7.4 8.2
as a percentage of GDP
(2004 is an estimate,
based on the 10.4% increase
from 2003)

[roaddog727]

Sorry about the formatting

This is better:

Below is what the US manufactures in the aggregate as Consumer durable good as a percentage of GDP:


2001....... 4.3% of GDP
2002....... 6.5% of GDP
2003....... 7.4% of GDP
2004....... 8.2% of GDP(2004 is an estimate,
based on the 10.4% increase from 2003)

[montag813]

Can you imagine what this face looks like in the morning? (this photo is after hours of makeup)

[Lando Lincoln]

It's my life's ambition to make the machine of capitalism hum along - with the added benefit of saddening the Democrats. If I get blamed for those successes.....COOL!

Lando

[Grampa Dave]

Actually after losing his election, little Tommy Da$$hole had a sex change operation and plastic surgery to make him look and sound like Barbara Boxer.

Boxer was disposed of, over the holidays and replaced by little Tommasina.

It's back in disguise as Barbara Boxer.

[Poohbah]

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for durable goods, helped by strong demand for communications equipment, rose a solid 0.6 percent in December, capping off a year in which demand for big-ticket manufactured goods rose at the fastest clip in a decade.

We're DOOMED!

It's Bush's fault!

[Poohbah]

When she said she was "deeply saddened," that was the giveaway.

[Grampa Dave]

"When she said she was "deeply saddened," that was the giveaway."

Thanks the best laugh of the day outside of our morning Toons.

[SierraWasp]

Atta Boy! Make it giddy-up!!!

Heck, if the Chinese Commies can do it, we sure can!!!

[Almondjoy]

Isn't this basically likened to the first term and second term of Ronald Regan.

Murder getting off the muck that was left by Jimmy Carter.. but rip roaring in the 2nd term.

The defecits took out the evil empire.

Just as now they are taking the fight out of the terrorists.

Now my question is.. will the stock market have another big correction in 3 years like it did in 87?