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Search results for "China reported a 5 annual growth rate for the first quarter of this year"

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Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2016 in a campaign speech:
Says Barack Obama "is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3 percent growth."
By Joshua Gillin• October 31, 2016
Barack Obama stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union address:
"Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known ... corporate profits are up."  
By Louis Jacobson• January 26, 2011
Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2016 in the Miami GOP debate.:
"GDP was zero essentially for the last two quarters."
By Linda Qiu• March 11, 2016
Donald Trump stated on September 09, 2019 in a rally in Fayetteville, N.C.:
China has "had now the worst year in 57 years."
By Bill McCarthy• September 10, 2019
Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2018 in a rally in Charleston, W.Va.:
"A few months ago, it hit where West Virginia is, on a per capita basis, one of the most successful (gross domestic product) states in our union."
By Warren Sterling• August 31, 2018
Elizabeth Warren stated on July 22, 2019 in a post on Medium:
"The country is now in a manufacturing recession."  
By Jon Greenberg• July 26, 2019
Peter Roskam stated on March 06, 2017 in a speech at the City Club of Chicago:
"The past (Obama) administration was the first administration that never had a whole year of 3 percent growth."
By Kevin Hoffman• March 16, 2017
Virginia Foxx stated on March 09, 2010 in a speech on the House floor:
"The economy began its nose dive when Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007."
By Louis Jacobson• March 15, 2010
Jeb Bush stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The tax policies of George W. Bush "created a dynamic effect of high growth."
By Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2015
Ted Cruz stated on November 08, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno":
"In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year."
By Louis Jacobson• November 13, 2013
Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.:
"Watch those GDP numbers. We started off at a very low number, and right now we hit a 3.2 (percent). Nobody thought that was possible."
By Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2018
Michele Bachmann stated on November 09, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."
By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2011
Bloggers stated on August 14, 2014 in various blogs and Internet comments:
Wisconsin is "dead last in income growth" among midwestern states during Gov. Scott Walker’s term.
By Dave Umhoefer• August 28, 2014
Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in State of the Union address:
"For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s No. 1 place to invest; America is."
By Joshua Gillin• January 29, 2014
Jeb Bush stated on March 21, 2014 in public remarks:
Florida's revenue "is growing at a faster rate than almost any state in the country."
By Joshua Gillin• March 26, 2014
Mitch McConnell stated on January 07, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:
A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."
By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2015
Sarah Palin stated on December 09, 2009 in an op-ed in the 'Washington Post':
"President Obama's proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions," but China and India will still be allowed to increase their emissions.
By Catharine Richert• December 11, 2009
Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
By Joshua Gillin• January 21, 2015
Pete Buttigieg stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 31, 2024
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech:
"The last quarter, it was just announced, our gross domestic product … was below zero. Who ever heard of this? It's never below zero."
By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2015

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