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Old 07-28-2018, 08:52 AM   #24
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I know GDP Growth is Good for the economy

1) but is it sustainable ? and down side
Sustainable over decades? Hopefully. Sustainable quarter to quarter? No.

Obama stated 2% growth was probably the new normal and we should get used to it. He hit 3% one or two quarters IIRC. GDP growth averaged 3.6% from WW2 to the Great Recession. Some years were very high some were lean. Be nice to get back on the high 3s rather than the low 2s.

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2) how does it help people like us on this site (outside investments we may or may not have ) Seeing wages are stale interest rates are up and deficits are all time High and the threat of inflation always around the corner
Interest rates have been artificially low for a decade - they should have gone up (hate that thought) previously. Wayne - on the outside if the economy is slow people are not working - think of 2008-2011 how bad it was.

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4) what is Tax Revenue % is in the 4.1 GDP
A lot more than if GDP was 3, or 2

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I prefer the The Tortoise and the Hare: or something in the middle when it comes to the economy


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