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Re:Beijing’s Three Options: Unemployment, Debt, or Wealth Tr... by fspeech on Sunday September 09, 2018 @05:13PM (#17947816)
The Q2 4.2% is too convenient a number to make your point. On average US GDP growth has been around 2% over the last decade: http://www.multpl.com/us-real-gdp-growth-rate/table/by-year
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Re:Beijing’s Three Options: Unemployment, Debt, or Wealth Tr... by mdorazio on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @09:29AM (#17959517)
And before that it was a consistent 3-4% average. Picking the decade following the largest recession in history as your base is also a bit convenient.
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