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Eric Hovde: “Gross domestic product, that's how we measure our economy…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Gross Domestic Product

Published | Video Starts at 00:44

I mean, don't you think you could be a little bit more discreet? It's just priceless. But this was the talk of the nation for about a month. All right, so Gross domestic product, that's how we measure our economy. Whether we're growing or contracting is GDP. As I said, we started in the first quarter down 0.5, rebounded nicely up 3.8. You know, a lot of this is people were, do I buy now to front run the tariffs or do I buy later? (00:44–00:53)

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Asserts that GDP is the measure of economic growth or contraction.

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