A recent article in the Wall Street Journal begins on a downward note. Says the WSJ: economists project U.S. gross domestic product growth will slow in the final three months of the year from the sluggish 2% annual rate in the third quarter. Businesses, unnerved by the prospect of federal tax increases…
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