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Even though it’s too early to take the long view of 2018 GDP as a whole, this 2.6% number joins the 2.2%, 4.2% and now 3.5% from the previous quarter to put preliminary GDP at 3.125%, or above 3% for the first time since prior to the Great Recession a decade ago.

Beats 3% annually for the first time in a long, long time.

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The Rachel Maddow Show / The MaddowBlog
Economic growth slowed in the closing months of 2018
02/28/19 09:20 AM
By Steve Benen

For several months, Donald Trump talked up the quarterly GDP report from the spring and early summer of 2018, when economic growth soared. He’ll probably have much less to say about the new data, released this morning.