FriendFeed: Economy grew by … Brendan Loy (Twitter/FriendFeed) January 29, 2010 February 2, 2010 9 Comments on FriendFeed: Economy grew by … Economy grew by faster-than-expected 5.7% in fourth quarter, 2.2% even if we ignore inventories; EVERYBODY UN-PANIC!!!
Sandy Underpants January 29, 2010 at 1:36 pm What kind of F’ed up equation do they use to calculate this bullsh*t?
Alasdair January 29, 2010 at 4:00 pm I wish I didn’t find the “inventory draw-down is less bad than it has been” so unconvincing … Now, if inventories were being actually and actively *increased*, I’d be a lot more convinced … We can but hope that this is genuinely a good sign, rather than yet another semantic manipulation … (Yeah, I know – I’m being anti-semantic ! (grin))
Alec January 29, 2010 at 4:20 pm The economy is growing too fast! Inflation is going to run out of control! PANIC!
Alasdair January 29, 2010 at 7:09 pm Alec (@ January 29th, 2010 at 4:20 pm Mountain Time) – why would a former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (in the mid-’90s) use those sentences ? ( PANIC )
But . . . but . . . housing is still bad! PANIC!!!!!!
No post for Spirit Rover?
http://xkcd.com/695/
What kind of F’ed up equation do they use to calculate this bullsh*t?
I wish I didn’t find the “inventory draw-down is less bad than it has been” so unconvincing …
Now, if inventories were being actually and actively *increased*, I’d be a lot more convinced …
We can but hope that this is genuinely a good sign, rather than yet another semantic manipulation …
(Yeah, I know – I’m being anti-semantic ! (grin))
The economy is growing too fast! Inflation is going to run out of control! PANIC!
Heh. That’s the spirit, Alec.
This is indeed a grew-some economy !
(hee-hee!)
Alasdair – take a bow! 🙂
Alec (@ January 29th, 2010 at 4:20 pm Mountain Time) – why would a former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (in the mid-’90s) use those sentences ?
( PANIC )