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Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by semperdark on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:34AM (#17654043)
Quarterly GDP growth was 4.1%, which is not unprecedented at all, if uncommon. We had a quarter of 5.1% growth in 2014. Annual GDP growth of 4.1% would be a really big deal.
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Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire by jerrycruncher on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:41AM (#17654129)
It's not even terribly uncommon. This is the fourth time in eight years[1] we've seen a quarterly growth of over 4%.

[1] https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1022913401167720454

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