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Jeremy Siegel

GDP Data Confirm GDP Bounce back; Stocks in Critical Technical Area - July 30, 2010

The benchmark GDP revisions all the way back to the first quarter of 2007 showed that the recession was deeper than expected and, over the past 3 years, GDP did not grow as fast as expected. This downward revision was fully expected, since the GDP data derived from the income side of the ledger has been consistently below that compiled on the spending side. The new GDP numbers also fit the other economic data and confirm the NBER call that the recession began in December 2007. GDP did fall in the first quarter of 2008, but originally there was a rebound in the second quarter that put GDP... »»

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