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KEITH J. ROTHFUS: “Growth in real GDP has averaged only 2.25 percent per year since 2009; about 1 percent less than the average rate seen…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2015
Growth in real GDP has averaged only 2.25 percent per year since 2009; about 1 percent less than the average rate seen over the 25 years preceding the great recession.
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KEITH J. ROTHFUS
Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Rothfus compares current GDP growth to historical rates post-Reagan recovery.

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