https://freerepublic.com/tag/economysturdier/ en-us Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:53:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4058810/posts NPR painted a more optimistic perspective of the economic report released early Thursday morning. The Commerce Department announced that the United States economy shrank by 1.4% in the first quarter of 2022. This clashed with previous expectations that the economy would expand by 1.1% and marked the worst quarter growth in two years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Fox news https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4058810/posts#comment Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:53:22 GMT