Thursday, May 1, 2014

Hard to Put a Smiley Face on This One

"The U.S. economy nearly stalled in the first three months of 2014. Gross domestic product grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.1% in the first quarter, a big drop from its 2.6% pace in the fourth quarter of 2013, the Commerce Department said Wednesday...

There were many sources of discontinuity between expectations and the Commerce Department’s initial estimate of GDP in the quarter..."

There almost always are many "sources of discontinuity" from the Commerce Department on economic reports, especially when an election is upcoming. Perhaps if they would take off the blasted rose-colored glasses they could see things more clearly. Okay, wait for it - it was Bush's fault because...

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