Seems just like yesterday, analysis were telling us how strong growth was going to be in the second half. Oh wait. It was.

Irrelevant I guess, this is the time of year when companies start winding down staff which they ramped up all summer to cover the holiday season.

And that hurricane Irene would add 1.4 basis points to GDP. The chief economist at Moodys no less. Maybe I will get around to snarfing the video this weekend.