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- Rubén Blades

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- Art Buchwald

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- Tyler Durden

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- Boondock Saints

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Global GDP Reports Show Growth Is Slowing

The United States has GDP being released this AM at 8:30 AM EST.  Nations around the world have been posting GDP levels that show contractions in the growth with one outlier posting a nearly 3% turn around in their Gross Domestic Product growth (Greece).  The US itself is expected to report 1.1% year-on-year GDP levels compared with prior reported 2.6%.



Taking a look around the world, here’s who has reported Quarterly GDP thus far this quarter (numbers in annualized quarterly change):


The United States will release their numbers at 8:30 AM EST today with 1.6% being predicted, a drop from the 2.6% previously reported.