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Barack Obama: This morning, the GDP revealed that the recession we faced when I took office was even deeper than anyone thought at the…

On the recordJuly 30, 2009
This morning, the GDP revealed that the recession we faced when I took office was even deeper than anyone thought at the time. It told us how close we were to the edge. But the GDP also revealed that, in the last few months, the economy has done measurably better than we had thought, better than expected.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama discusses the recent GDP report indicating an improvement in the economy since he took office.

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