tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post5121514916448307627..comments2023-10-30T09:11:12.922-07:00Comments on Clouded Outlook: First quarter GDP down 1.5 percentAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-87363705221003215512009-04-08T07:32:00.000-07:002009-04-08T07:32:00.000-07:00I don't think GDP has fallen 13%! Are you sure...I don't think GDP has fallen 13%! Are you sure you haven't taken the quarterly numbers published each month and added them up as if they were a series of monthly numbers?Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-36181457560684261562009-04-08T07:34:00.000-07:002009-04-08T07:34:00.000-07:00I live in London and here is what I just saw at lu...I live in London and here is what I just saw at lunch time. An absolutely packed urban mall in Bloomsbury full of shops, restaurants, a Waitrose: everyone buying food and clothes, lots of people about. The economy is booming in London right now. I don't know why, but there is tonnes of money about in London.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-11470329814781277362009-04-08T07:43:00.000-07:002009-04-08T07:43:00.000-07:00John,Well spotted. Actually, the chart I posted wa...John,<br><br>Well spotted. Actually, the chart I posted was for industry, which is down 13 percent. <br><br>I had to copy the data from a PDF file, the columns titles got mixed up in excel, and I wasn't concentrating.<br><br>Anyway, I have corrected it, and as you say, GDP did not fall 13 percent.<br><br>AliceAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-51729881541274813472009-04-08T12:39:00.000-07:002009-04-08T12:39:00.000-07:00Keep your graphs coming Alice. They are much appre...Keep your graphs coming Alice. They are much appreciated.<br>Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-68323736864448771622009-04-09T07:43:00.000-07:002009-04-09T07:43:00.000-07:00I second that!Much appreciated and informative blo...I second that!<br><br>Much appreciated and informative blog.<br><br>tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com