GDP Grows at 1.9%: Good or Bad?

Those that don't really follow the financial markets every day might have very different takes on the economy based on where they get their news.  Just look at the varying headlines across a number of news sources on today's Q2 GDP growth numbers:

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[whidbey:]

And your point is?

2008 Jul 31 04:34 PM

[TTT:]

The news are bad, very bad. That's what those at Wall street want the herd to hear. The point is they are buy....ing.

2008 Aug 01 09:46 AM

[ain't no fo...:]

"That's what those at Wall street want the herd to hear. The point is they are buy....ing." yuh, right... they're selling to fools as fast as they can and paying CNBC to be a bunch of cheerleaders for a broken system

2008 Aug 01 01:07 PM

[TTT:]

yep, that's how they get you to unload. Otherwise how on earth are they going to get your shares.

2008 Aug 01 08:48 PM