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U.S. economy grew 0.1% in fourth quarter
WSJ/Market Watch ^
| Feb. 28, 2013, 8:31 a.m
| Jeffry Bartash
Posted on 02/28/2013 8:22:32 AM PST by Mad Dawgg
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. economy grew in the fourth quarter - but just barely - instead of contracting for the first time in three and a half years, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The U.S. expanded at a 0.1% annual rate in the last three months of 2012, better than the initially reported 0.1% drop but well below the third quarter's 3.1% pace.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 2012electionbias; 2negativequarters; economy; greatrecession; obamacare; obamaeconomy; obamanomics; obamarecovery; obamasfault; recession
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To: xzins
Yep, they’re playing with fire. We’re the ones who will get burned. It would be nice to believe that Bernanke and Co. were well-meaning, but they’re not neutral. They’ve focused on rescuing not the financial system, but their banker friends. It’s a mess.
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posted on
02/28/2013 2:05:23 PM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Mad Dawgg
YAY!!!!! GRWOTH!!!!! HAPPPY DASE R HEAR AGEN!!!!!
{{{{{{PRECEDENT BARACK OBAMA}}}}}}}}}}} <3 3< >3
To: Mad Dawgg
“The U.S. economy grew in the fourth quarter’
1. What is “the economy.”?
2. Who is the “consumer.”?
3. How much “grew” in and around the counties of N. Virginia?
4. Who’s buying power has grown?
5. Who’s buying power has dropped?
6. Who got their salaries automatically raised?
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posted on
02/28/2013 2:23:41 PM PST
by
Varsity Flight
(Extortion-Care is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager)
To: Varsity Flight
"6. Who got their salaries automatically raised? The guys who write the laws off course.
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posted on
02/28/2013 2:25:35 PM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
But the downward adjustment happened in the second quarter, so therefore, the first quarter still had .1% growth, because perception is reality. Therefore, since reality was not perceived, it did not happen, so there is no recession, and we are forever at war with Eurasia.
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posted on
02/28/2013 3:15:26 PM PST
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: Mad Dawgg
The recovery is always just on the horizon. Been that way for 5 years now.
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posted on
02/28/2013 3:45:09 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: Mad Dawgg; Revolting cat!
“It’s the American public’s fault! They voted for that inexperienced neophyte Baraq Husein Ubama in 2008!” - Barack H. Obama
To: Mad Dawgg
yeah, right...
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posted on
02/28/2013 4:07:15 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Chode
talk about fudging numbers again
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posted on
02/28/2013 4:08:13 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: GeronL
i wouldn't believe them if they said .000001%
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posted on
02/28/2013 4:32:47 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Mad Dawgg
The U.S. expanded at a 0.1% annual rate in the last three months of 2012 Wooo hooo! Tha economy is MOVIN AGIN! Tha US economy is EXPANDIN! Happy days are HERE AGIN!
To: Jeff Winston
"Happy days are HERE AGIN!" Woohoo let's celebrate! I'm a gonna buy me one of them thar Mursaidees Bens!!!
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posted on
02/28/2013 5:36:25 PM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: Mad Dawgg
Ahhh Revised Up JUST in time to avoid the dreaded "R" word! How convenient! Nah. Consensus GDP for 1Q13 is north of 2%. Barring some disaster we were never going to have a technical recession anyway.
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posted on
02/28/2013 5:40:41 PM PST
by
Wyatt's Torch
(I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
To: Mad Dawgg
Woohoo let's celebrate! I'm a gonna buy me one of them thar Mursaidees Bens!!! Hey! Maybe we can git Barack to buy one FOR us! Or at least git us a loan. No money down.
One each. I want mine in blue.
To: GeronL
the economy has gone to crap but all these clowns want is for feces pushing sex to be legal in all states and then let them play happy famnlies whilst making the whites a minority.
ooppss guess I must be racist for pointing out that fact, ah well I couldn;t careless anymore
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posted on
02/28/2013 6:23:53 PM PST
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: manc
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posted on
02/28/2013 6:31:11 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: SoFloFreeper
It is noteworthy that the GDP is adjusted for “official” inflation. Since the BLS is lying through its teeth on that number, it is a safe bet that the real GDP was and is negative.
Rejoice comrades, the chocolate ration has been increased from 25 grams to 20 grams.
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posted on
02/28/2013 7:14:41 PM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
To: Wyatt's Torch
Since the BLS is dummying up the inflation rate numbers, I have to wonder if there really is any [genuine] growth in the GDP.
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posted on
02/28/2013 7:17:43 PM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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posted on
02/28/2013 7:24:56 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
The Obama Tax Hike
to go withThe Obama Recession
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posted on
02/28/2013 7:25:16 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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