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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

The remarkable U.S. economy keeps rolling along with a blowout.

Third quarter in which growth, domestic product grew 4.9 percent in the price level fell

as well over the third quarter.

How do you explain this?

Amid rising interest rates and slower growth around most of the world.

And is it a sugar high that won't last?

Plus the United Auto Workers strike a deal to end their walk out against Ford.

The union is claiming a big victory with wage increases and an end to the tiered pay system

for new workers that had accepted in 2008.

The union is still on strike against the Lantis, which is the former Chrysler and General

Motors, but did the strike strategy work for the UAW?

Welcome.

I'm Paul Gigo at a Toro page editor to the Wall Street Journal and I'm here with my colleagues

Alicia Finley and Joe Sternberg.

Let's get to the growth third quarter report first.

The economy has defied predictions of recession all year and in third quarter, it's fair

to say at 4.9 percent, it's booming.

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