What's Happening to the Economy Is Obvious to Anyone Paying Attention
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The article discusses the current state of the economy, with the author arguing that changes are apparent, while a commenter expresses skepticism about the data's reliability.
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gamechangrAuthor
4 months ago
There is good logic here, but one thing that is less than stellar is that it's based off of only 3 months of data. Its hard to tell if that is enough time for large projects to have started
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