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Economy soars 5.7 percent, fastest in 6 years - Yahoo! News
I wonder whether this can be in any way attributed to Obama's stimulus or not. Regardless of how much credit one can attribute to the CinC I am sure we will see people looking for something wrong with economic growth.
The economy grew at its fastest pace in more than six years in the fourth quarter, surprising economists, as businesses curbed their aggressive cut in stocks and stepped up spending.
The robust growth pointed to a sustainable recovery in a crucial period before government stimulus plans run out and was good news for an administration amid political difficulties.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 5.7 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said on Friday in its first estimate for the quarter. It was a strong end to a year in which the economy shrank by 2.4 percent -- the worst performance since 1946.
While much of the growth resulted from companies' drawing down inventories more slowly than they did earlier in the year rather than from a surge in domestic demand, economists said it was still a positive report.
I wonder whether this can be in any way attributed to Obama's stimulus or not. Regardless of how much credit one can attribute to the CinC I am sure we will see people looking for something wrong with economic growth.
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