In summary, GDP:

To be clear, US GDP growing more than 7% a quarter for the next three quarters in a row is not anywhere close to happening. The US record for four cumulative quarters of GDP growth is 13.37%, the equivalent of 3.2% growth per quarter. In fact, US economists are already worried about a double-dip recession.

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