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First of all, the economy is growing growing we'll talk about that and then dollar general or the US dollar

which one do you think is having a rougher time. From American public media, this is Marketplace. In Los Angeles, I'm Ka Rizdahl. It is Thursday, today the 29th of August.

Good as always to have you along, everybody.

Let us pause here for a moment as we get going

for two observations.

Observation number one, and generally speaking,

this economy is pretty good. I mean sure the labor market is a bit bumpy but by and large it's pretty good.

Observation number two it might actually be this economy better than we'd thought.

We learned from the Commerce Department this morning in its regular update that gross domestic

product for the second quarter grew at an annualized rate of 3% April to June. That's more than twice as

fast as the first three months of the year. Accounting for the improvement in GDP,

the Bureau of Economic Analysis says increases in consumer spending, inventories, and something

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