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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by jurgenaut23 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @09:55AM (#38025595)
Ouch, that hurts. But indeed, that shows that most people have the attention span of a gold fish.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by alexb_ on Thursday October 26, 2023 @10:00AM (#38025669)
It's astonishing how nearly every single comment below this type of thing is "well inflation is up so this number isn't real". Nearly everything, on every platform. People don't want to believe the economy can possibly be good.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by coliveira on Thursday October 26, 2023 @10:04AM (#38025739)
Official inflation figures might be misleading and designed to mask the real impact of inflation. So it makes sense to ask if this "inflation adjusted growth" is real or not.
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