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What do these numbers tell you 7.4%, 4.2%, 4.5%, 2.8%?
That's the quarterly annualized pattern of GDP in the past four quarters.
Or how about 324k, 208k, 78k, 32k?
That's nonfarm payrolls over the past four months.
Or what about -7.4%, +9.1%, -5.6%, -6.4%?
That is the percent change in new home sales in the past four months.
And what's this -1.7%, -0.6%, -0.3% and +0.1%?
It's the change in ex-transportation durable goods orders in the past four months.
Or how about 5.3%, 3.3%, 3.8% and 1.2%
these are the growth rates for 'discretionary consumer spending' (ex. medical care, food and energy) over the past four quarters.
Is the economy taking a breather?
Why is the Fed in such a hurry? |
