TOWNHALL PM 06/25/2014

Submitted by: Donald Hank

On the Road Back to Recession: Economy Shrinks by 2.9 Percent

Katie Pavlich

The U.S. economy contracted by 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2014, prompting the headline, U.S. Economy Shrinks By Most Since Great Recession, over at Fox Business. [Keep Reading]

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