New 2nd Quarter US GDP numbers are out

[dan_bgblue]

Do a google search to see which news outlets are reporting on the new numbers.

Just more evidence that supports a popular theory

[KeithKSR]

If we had a republican president it wouldn't be hard to find.

[StuBleedsBlue2]

Dips are fine, and to be expected.

As long as we're in a growth stage and the trend line has a positive slope(something that our last 2 Republican Presidents weren't able to achieve), then we're fine.

Can we(and should be) do better? Of course.

I like trends. So I'm going with the trend that Democratic leadership bodes for better, and stronger, growth. If you look at positive slope GDP growth under the last 5 Presidents, both Democrats achieved it, but only Reagan was only able to do it for the Republicans. Even that, if you look at a Bush Presidency as a Reagan 3rd term, that growth turns negative.

[Doc]

Dips = Democrat president

Crash = Republican presidential

I certainly remember growth under both Bushes

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth

July 2014 it was at 5, now it's 1.1. That looks like a downward trend to me, although I'm sure somehow that is the GOP's fault