| WP: Economy soars 5.7 percent in Q4, fastest in 6 years; It took 8 years and it won't be fixed overnight | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 30 2010, 01:34 PM (347 Views) | |
| Last Black man | Jan 30 2010, 01:34 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews Quote: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew at a faster-than-expected 5.7 percent pace in the fourth quarter, the quickest pace in more than six years, as businesses reduced inventories less aggressively, the Commerce Department said on Friday. The first estimate put fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth at its fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003. The economy expanded at a 2.2 percent annual rate in the third quarter. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast GDP, which measures total goods and services output within U.S. borders, growing at a 4.6 percent rate in October-December period. Growth was boosted a sharp slowdown in the pace of inventory liquidation, a factor that could mask the strength of the economic recovery from the longest and deepest downturn since the Great Depression. |
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| Last Black man | Jan 31 2010, 02:18 AM Post #2 |
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Where is the white man? Can I get a comment about Obama now. |
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