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Re: GDP Up 3.5% Q3-2009

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Originally Posted by drgoodtrips View Post
As a point of fact (and please correct me if I'm wrong), wouldn't we need growth in Q4 as well before the recession is over? I was under the impression that a recession ended when there were two consecutive quarters of growth.
Im not sure actually, just that a recession is two consecutive quarters of less gdp. Since we have more GDP now, that breaks the streak. Its all semantics of course.
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