Friday, July 31, 2015

Annual revisions are out, 2013 US GDP revised down 31.8%-Bloomberg

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7/30/15, "U.S. GDP Rises 2.3% in Second Quarter; First Quarter Revised Upward," Bloomberg, Sho Chandra

"Gross domestic product rose at a 2.3 percent annualized rate, and a revised 0.6 percent advance in the first quarter wiped out a previously reported contraction, Commerce Department data showed Thursday in Washington....

Annual revisions

The Commerce Department also issued its annual revisions, updating the data back through 2012....

The economic expansion over the past three years was weaker than initially projected, with the biggest revision coming in 2013. From the end of 2011 to the end of 2014, the economy expanded at a 2.1 percent annualized rate, compared to the 2.4 percent pace reported before. GDP grew 1.5 percent in 2013 [a 31.8% downward revision], the weakest since the throes of recession in 2009, compared with a previously reported 2.2 percent gain....

A separate report from the Labor Department Thursday showed...jobless claims rose by 12,000 to 267,000 in the period ended July 25 (2015)."...

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7/30/15, Wall Street Journal: The Worst Expansion Since World War II Was Even Weaker 

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Comment: Thanks again to the Bush family, Rupert Murdoch, and the entire permanent political class for destroying the country. via RL



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