claim: "that 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter gdp) came from two things — government spending on cash for clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter auto sales into the third quarter — and the first-time home buyer thing."
author: rush limbaugh
evidence_1: oct 15, 2015 ... the u.s. economy had been sputtering but not contracting before the lehman  bankruptcy. but after lehman, it began to fall at a frightening pace: real gdp  declined by an annualized 8.2% in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 5.4% in the first  quarter of 2009. around that time, many people who are not prone to ...
evidence_2: jan 20, 2016 ... the u.s. yield curve also flattened, but yields moved in the opposite direction,  with 2-year treasuries starting the month at 0.93% but finishing at .... 2015's fourth  quarter s&p 500 earnings, in fact, are expected to be -4.6%, which would mark  the third quarter in a row earnings have contracted; the first time ...
evidence_3: jul 28, 2010 ... scenarios 2 and 3 enable us to decompose the overall impact into the  components stemming from the fiscal stimulus and financial initiatives. all simula-  tions begin in the first quarter of 2008 with the start of the great recession, and  end in the fourth quarter of 2012. estimating the economic impact of the.
evidence_4: aug 6, 2009 ... everyone is a genius in a bull market —old financial saying disbelief in magic  can force a poor soul into believing in government and business —tom robbins  i would argue that the most ... the spinmeisters are going to be out in force  because gdp is very likely to turn positive in the 3rd or 4th quarters.
evidence_5: oct 29, 2009 ... the cash for clunkers program revved up vehicle ... and increased government  spending is misplaced (see table 2).v what matters for economic growth is the ...  the third quarter. that is a big change in a short period and is why the economy is  growing again after more than a year. table 2: fiscal stimulus ...