It's The Economy, Stupid: U.S. economy will hit 3% growth in 2014 for the first time in nine years.

[Fred Sanders]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-seen-on-track-for-best-growth-since-2005-2014-01-19

Most economists think the dismal 74,000 increase in net hiring last month was a fluke caused by poor weather and seasonal-adjustment problems that will soon be revised away or prove to be an aberration.

The way those with a sunnier view see it, the road is clear for the U.S. to produce its fastest spurt of growth since the Great Recession. There’s no big crisis in Washington brewing, U.S. households are better off financially and businesses are raking in the profits. Nor are there any major global threats to the economy on the horizon.

Consider the new forecast by top economists at the nation’s leading bank firms. They (are) predicting the U.S. economy will hit 3% growth in 2014 for the first time in nine years.

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If Democrats do not sweep the Senate, the House, and the WH for the next decade then the true power of money, unregulated elections and the influence of a controlled mass media will be made plain, and made plainly dangerous to democracy.

[Brigid]

1. That is great news.

But when wages, benefits, and working conditions start improving, then I'll start doing this:

[doc03]

2. And unemployment n/t

[seattledo]

3. How much was the ACA responsible for?

My roommate works for a hospital, and she said the number of people that show-up in their ER the first half of JAN is over 10% greater than the corresponding period last year.