http://xrlq.com/2009/10/30/dude-there-went-your-recession/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:13:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://xrlq.com/2009/10/30/dude-there-went-your-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-560577 Xrlq Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:40:41 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2009/10/30/dude-there-went-your-recession/#comment-560577 I'm sure they will be but I'm not sure why that matters. If the revised numbers show yet another quarter of negative growth, then his claim that the recession ended - unofficially or otherwise - will look even dumber than it does now. But suppose they are revised upward to show greater growth than previously thought? So what? One quarter of positive growth does not the end of a recession make. Surely there were <i>some</i> quarters with <i>some</i> positive growth during the Great Depression, no? .-= Xrlq´s last blog ..<a href="http://xrlq.com/2009/11/17/ill-bet-she-fakes-298-of-them/" rel="nofollow">I’ll Bet She Fakes 298 of Them</a> =-. I’m sure they will be but I’m not sure why that matters. If the revised numbers show yet another quarter of negative growth, then his claim that the recession ended – unofficially or otherwise – will look even dumber than it does now. But suppose they are revised upward to show greater growth than previously thought? So what? One quarter of positive growth does not the end of a recession make. Surely there were some quarters with some positive growth during the Great Depression, no?
Xrlq´s last blog ..I’ll Bet She Fakes 298 of Them

]]> http://xrlq.com/2009/10/30/dude-there-went-your-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-560554 John Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:14:52 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2009/10/30/dude-there-went-your-recession/#comment-560554 No going to argue the idiot part, but maybe he suspects the numbers are going to be quietly revised later. No going to argue the idiot part, but maybe he suspects the numbers are going to be quietly revised later.

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