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GDP surges 3.4 percent as Senate polls tighten

Economists had expected a three point one percent rate, and information processing equipment investment jumped thirty-seven point four percent, according to The Independent; growth was two point two percent last quarter.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe economy grew at a three point four percent annual rate in the third quarter, beating the three point one percent economists expected, and equipment investment grew at a twenty point four percent rate, the fastest since twenty twenty.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwenty percent. Nothing grows that fast without a catch, and I am going to find out where it's hiding before the next quarter starts.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNew CNN polls of likely voters show Democrats ahead in both Texas and Michigan.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Texas, James Talarico leads Ken Paxton forty-nine to forty-three, in a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide in three decades.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed leads Mike Rogers forty-nine to forty-two.

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