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2016 Postmortem

BSdetect

(8,998 posts) Fri Oct 28, 2016, 10:15 AM Oct 2016

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US economy grew 2.9%

Game over drumph

https://www.google.com/finance

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US economy grew 2.9% (Original Post) BSdetect Oct 2016 OP

Be nice to see that holdover to Q4 but.... Roland99 Oct 2016 #1

Great News Johnny2X2X Oct 2016 #2

Biggest nes of the day Johnny2X2X Oct 2016 #3

K & R Coyotl Oct 2016 #4

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

1. Be nice to see that holdover to Q4 but....

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 10:27 AM

Oct 2016

That was largely driven by a spike in soybean exports due to a bad harvest in South America.

Despite that fluke it was still probably a decent rate

Johnny2X2X

(19,064 posts)

2. Great News

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 11:20 AM

Oct 2016

Shows that things are really starting to take off.

Johnny2X2X

(19,064 posts)

3. Biggest nes of the day

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 11:34 AM

Oct 2016

This should be the lead story all weekend, I know it would have led all weekend if it was bad, let's see what the media does.

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

4. K & R

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 04:06 PM

Oct 2016

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