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To: Sdgla who wrote (1426778)	11/29/2023 9:28:30 PM
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Dems scream in unison: "Nothingburger!"

To: Sdgla who wrote (1426778)	11/29/2023 9:34:32 PM
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To: Sdgla who wrote (1426778)	11/29/2023 9:35:34 PM
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LGB!!! The US economy grew by 5.2% in the third quarter, even faster than previously estimated By Bryan Mena, CNN 3 minute read Updated 11:15 AM EST, Wed November 29, 2023

To: Sdgla who wrote (1426778)	11/29/2023 9:39:21 PM
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The U.S. economy is doing even better than the government thought MONEYWATCH The U.S. economy is doing even better than the government thought UPDATED ON: NOVEMBER 29, 2023 / 11:26 AM EST / CBS/AP Shrugging off higher interest rates, America's consumers spent enough to help drive the economy to a brisk 5.2% annual pace from July through September, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Wednesday in an upgrade from its previous estimate. The government had previously estimated that the economy grew at a 4.9% annual rate last quarter. Wednesday's second estimate of growth for the July-September quarter confirmed that the economy sharply accelerated from its 2.1% rate from April through June. It showed that the U.S. gross domestic product — the total output of goods and services — grew at its fastest quarterly rate in nearly two years. The increase in the third quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending and inventory investment. Consumer spending, the lifeblood of the economy, rose at a 3.6% annual rate from July through September — still healthy but a downgrade from the previous estimate of 4%. Private investment surged at a 10.5% annual pace, including a 6.2% increase in housing investment, which defied higher mortgage rates. The economy also received a lift from companies building inventories in anticipation of future sales, which added 1.4 percentage points to quarterly growth. Also driving the third quarter growth was an uptick in spending and investment by governments at all levels — federal, state and local. The U.S. economy, the world's largest, has proved resilient even as the Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate 11 times since March 2022 to fight the worst bout of inflation in four decades. Those higher interest rates have significantly increased consumer and business borrowing costs. But they have also helped ease inflationary pressures: Consumer prices rose 3.2% last month from 12 months earlier, a marked improvement from the 9.1% year-over-year inflation recorded in June 2022. "Given the positive economic backdrop, we believe the market will rally until the end of the year and we should have a good start to 2024 – the exact opposite of what many believed as recently as this summer," Chris Zaccarelli, Chief Investment Officer for Independent Advisor Alliance, said in an email. Possible soft landing, mild recessionThe U.S. job market is cooling from the red-hot levels of the past two years. But it's still healthy by historical standards: Employers are adding an average of 239,000 jobs a month this year. And the unemployment rate has come in below 4% for 21 straight months, the longest such streak since the 1960s. The combination of easing inflation and resilient hiring has raised hopes the Fed can manage a so-called soft landing — raising rates just enough to cool the economy and tame price increases without tipping the economy into recession. "We continue to forecast ongoing expansion in economic activity, but the pace should slow quite significantly in Q4,'' said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics. "We anticipate a deceleration in household spending, not only on payback for an unusually strong third quarter but also from the cumulative effects of monetary policy tightening.''

To: Sdgla who wrote (1426778)	11/30/2023 10:10:17 PM
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Ep. 43 You think elected Republicans in Washington are craven frauds who’d sell your children for a steak dinner at the French Laundry? Actually, says Marjorie Taylor Greene, it’s worse than that. pic.twitter.com/F9Q0Xvo9m2 — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 30, 2023

To: Sdgla who wrote (1426778)	11/30/2023 10:20:08 PM
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BREAKING: The teen who killed Yonkers Police Sgt. Frank Gualdino will not face criminal charges Soros-backed DA Mimi Rocah dropped the initial criminal homicide charges after her “careful review” of Raise The Age law The 16-year-old teenager was unlicensed when he recklessly… BREAKING: The teen who killed Yonkers Police Sgt. Frank Gualdino will not face criminal charges Soros-backed DA Mimi Rocah dropped the initial criminal homicide charges after her “careful review” of Raise The Age law The 16-year-old teenager was unlicensed when he recklessly… pic.twitter.com/TZuKnLsC3Z — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 1, 2023