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To: Scumbria who wrote (142394)5/4/2001 12:41:13 AM
From: Lazarus_Long  Respond to of 769670
 
THREAD: Amazingly, scumbag actually finally got one right! "Two quarters of negative growth" means he first derivative of GDP is negative for two successive quarters. It says nothing about the second derivative- -it can be positive, zero, or negative.



To: Scumbria who wrote (142394)5/4/2001 7:27:14 AM
From: George Coyne  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Reading comprehension is obviously not your forte. Gao presented an example with decreasing gdp. That is a negative first derivative. Do you disagree?