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Feb 2024
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US fourth quarter GDP data is revised today. This does not give us a slightly less ill-informed picture of economic activity at the end of last year, but it is still likely to miss quite a lot that is going on in the economy. Economies are changing faster than statisticians, and things like home working and self-employment are challenges—to say nothing of re ... Show More
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