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Old 11-03-2009, 12:13 AM   #43 (permalink)
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GDP is based on three things.

Consumer spending
Investment of businesses
Government spending

The first two didn't occur while the last saw massive govt spending (while going into debt at the same time) is what produced the 3.5% change (not to mention other accounting creativity in the process, too).
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