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Still, the majority of economists expect the headline growth number to be unchanged at 0.6%.
The G.D.P. growth number could be the determining factor for policy actions.
"We already knew the economy was weak, and now you have both a negative growth number coupled with job losses," said Dean Baker, a director of the liberal Center for Economic and Policy Research.
His judgment is based on what he feels, they said, but also reflects a belief that there is more political gain from being closely tied to working people than from embracing the latest quarterly growth number.
Like most economists and pundits, I was expecting the growth number to come in at somewhere between one per cent and three per cent — and that's up, not down.
What strength there had been in the original growth number came from business investment in items that included office buildings, equipment and software.
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Europe's grim growth numbers prove that.
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The growth numbers were revised higher.
Yes, European growth numbers have looked a bit better recently.
The job growth numbers also come with caveats.
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