http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638092/posts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skip to comments. Q1 GDP growth fastest in 2-1/2 years(Bush's fault) Reuters ^ | May 25, 2006 Posted on 05/25/2006 7:31:40 AM PDT by Kaslin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy shot forward at an upwardly revised 5.3 percent annual rate in the first quarter, the fastest growth in 2-1/2 years, as companies built up inventories and exports strengthened, a Commerce Department report on Thursday showed. First-quarter growth in gross domestic product was more than triple the 1.7 percent annual rate recorded in last year's fourth quarter, though still slightly below Wall Street economists' forecasts for a 5.7...