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Originally Posted by bambino
Don’t confuse him.
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i'll try not to but that is a big burden you are asking of me
the first quarter of 2020 declined by 5%
the contractions in both the first and second quarters are presented as annualized rates
meaning they represent the economic activity that took place in those quarters as if occurring for a full year.
the actual decline in economic activity in the second quarter was much smaller:
When compared to the first quarter, GDP in the second quarter contracted 9.5%.