GDP info came out and the news media is all wet talking about it but they are not telling the whole story behind the so called good economy!
U.S. economy over $500 billion larger due to new definitions
At the same time, the government also went back and revised data for the past five years, to reflect more complete as well as additional statistics from a variety of sources, such as theInternal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
What’s the upshot? The rate of growth hasn’t changed all that much, though there are big shifts in a few time periods. But the level of output is higher — $559.8 billion larger, with $526 billion of that amount due to definitional changes.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-new-gdp-methodology-what-you-need-to-know-2013-07-31
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/31/feds-juice-numbers-gdp-still-weak-17
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