April 2012 Macro Pulse -- Running Out of Gas on an Incline

Those who have experienced the inconvenience of running out of fuel know the sinking feeling it engenders: the only thing one can do is hope and pray a gas station comes into view before the engine sputters to a complete stop. In a similar vein, the U.S. economy seems to be running out of “gas” even as 4Q2011 growth was the fastest since 2Q2010. In the case of an economy, however, one cannot set a parking brake to avoid rolling backwards if momentum is lost while on an incline. Some of the indications supporting the idea of a slowing economy include …

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