Two months from now, revised government estimates are likely to
show that the economy is even bigger than the currently stated $15
trillion.
And while the numbers may make some blink or gasp, the mere size of gross domestic product won't hide the reality that in terms of actual growth, this is also the worst economy in 83 years.
GDP growth is in the midst of its longest sub-3 percent annual growth
rate since 1929, the beginning of the Great Depression, according to
Bespoke Investment Group. The economy hasn't topped 3 percent since
2005—before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took over—and is
unlikely to do so this year.
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