
GDP goes negative
Why a surge in imports decimated the first-quarter GDP
Unhedged · Financial Times & Pushkin Industries
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Show Notes
The GDP contracted this past quarter – a turnaround from two years of surprisingly steady growth. Baked into that negative number are imports, as sellers rush to bring in goods ahead of tariffs. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Aiden Reiter dissect the GDP and what it tells us about the rapidly changing economy. Also they go long soyabeans and long blackouts.
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