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Dem2

(8,166 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 04:29 PM Oct 2016

...economy grew by 2.9 percent in this year's third quarter ... - ... the fastest pace in two years.



Maybe this election cycle really is getting to us.

On Friday, one report showed the economy is growing at a surprisingly quick pace, but another found consumers are feeling less upbeat.

The Commerce Department said the economy grew by 2.9 percent in this year's third quarter. That's a very solid expansion — the fastest pace in two years. It exceeded the 2.5 percent rate most economists had been forecasting.


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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/28/499749290/the-economy-grew-at-a-solid-pace-this-summer-but-consumers-are-wary
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...economy grew by 2.9 percent in this year's third quarter ... - ... the fastest pace in two years. (Original Post) Dem2 Oct 2016 OP
And new unemployment claims lowest since 1972 Cicada Oct 2016 #1
It's a shame we all live in ghettos Dem2 Oct 2016 #2

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
1. And new unemployment claims lowest since 1972
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 04:33 PM
Oct 2016

The new unemployment claims reported yesterday continued at historically low rate

Dem2

(8,166 posts)
2. It's a shame we all live in ghettos
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 04:36 PM
Oct 2016

...and life will be horrible unless we elect a narcissistic psychopath.

Ugh - Americans are annoying at times.

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