The Rise and Fall of Government Spending
From Real Time Economics
January 31, 2013 - 3:52pm
Federal spending took the sharpest nose dive in 40 years during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to GDP data, but that didn’t jive with earlier Treasury data that showed outlays increased by nearly $100 billion during the same three months.
January 31, 2013 - 3:52pm
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