GDP Growth in the Recovery Remains Slow, But Policies Are Not Holding Back...
GDP growth in the economic recovery from the 2008 collapse remains weak. The recently released GDP figures for the second quarter of 2011 (second revision, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the...
View ArticleContribution to GDP Growth of the Change in Inventories: Econ 101
This is the first post in a series that I will label “Econ 101″. Their purpose will be to explain some economic concept that might generally not be clear to many, yet often appears (and often...
View ArticleGDP Growth in the Fourth Quarter of 2011: Not a Very Good Report
BEA release of 1/27/12 2011 Q3% growth 2011 Q4% growth Contribution to GDP growth in 2011 Q4 Total GDP 1.8 2.8 A. Personal Consumption Expenditure 1.7 2.0 1.45 B. Gross Private Investment 1.3 20.0...
View ArticleGDP Growth in the First Quarter of 2012: A Slow Economy Going Slower
BEA release of 4/27/12 2011 Q3 %growth 2011 Q4 %growth 2012 Q1 %growth Contribution to GDP growth in 2011 Q4 Contribution to GDP growth in 2012 Q1 Total GDP 1.8 3.0 2.2 3.0 2.2 A. Personal Consumption...
View ArticleGDP Growth in the Fourth Quarter of 2012: Cuts in Government Spending Drove...
BEA release of 1/30/13; Seasonally adjusted annualized rates Percent Growth Contribution to GDP Growth (% points) 2012Q2 2012Q3 2012Q4 2012Q2 2012Q3 2012Q4 Total GDP 1.3 3.1 -0.1 1.3 3.1...
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