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mahatmakanejeeves

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5. With all due respect, the announcement came from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 09:41 AM

Jun 26

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an agency within the Department of Commerce.

{Not the Bureau of Economic Activity. Thanks, progree. Autocorrect keeps changing "progree" to "progress."}

The economic releases go off as scheduled, usually.

And good morning.

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