Consumer sentiment, GDP comments and charts

Doesn’t look like ‘improvement’ the way I see it?

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Looks like others are seeing it my way as well this time:

Sorry, but the economy’s growth spurt isn’t going to last

By Jeff Cox

Oct 28 (CNBC) — Excluding “transitory” effects, the actual growth rate would have been closer to the 1.5 percent rate of the past four quarters.

Still decelerating since the collapse of oil capex (and the presumed windfall for the consumer…):

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This is a relatively new series. so don’t know if it means much:

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