http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/09/06/the-gdp-constant/ Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:36:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/09/06/the-gdp-constant/comment-page-1/#comment-12496 Insights from the GDP Report - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:02:11 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/09/06/the-gdp-constant/#comment-12496 [...] It sounds like a sharp acceleration unless you know how much the seasonal adjustments tend to distort things, as we have pointed out with regard to a variety of economic indicators, including employment, durable goods and GDP. Ah, GDP. Here is how it looks by comparing the fourth quarter to last year’s fourth quarter without adjustment (since the fourth quarter was in the same season both years.) [...] [...] It sounds like a sharp acceleration unless you know how much the seasonal adjustments tend to distort things, as we have pointed out with regard to a variety of economic indicators, including employment, durable goods and GDP. Ah, GDP. Here is how it looks by comparing the fourth quarter to last year’s fourth quarter without adjustment (since the fourth quarter was in the same season both years.) [...]

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