U.S. Economy Decelerating as GDP Growth Slows - MarketWatch
Falling Yields Spark Busy July - Bloomberg
Soybeans Rally to 12-Week High - Bloomberg
Arabica Coffee Rises to 12-Year High - Bloomberg
Crude Oil Rallies After Dropping on U.S. Economic Report - Bloomberg
Bernanke’s Bottom Line - Wall Street Journal
Copper Prices Have Biggest Monthly Gain in Year - Bloomberg
Sugar Futures Advance [...]

Here’s an interesting site to look at:  www.usdebtclock.org. This is a clock that continuously tracks the U.S. national debt. Click on the image below to see the numbers change in real-time.

GDP Contracts 1% in Q2 - Reuters
Why Investors Should Ignore GDP - RealClearMarkets
Government Revises GDP Growth for the Last 70 Years - Crossing Wall Street
Cash for Clunkers Out of Cash - Wall Street Journal
Government Adds $2B for Clunkers Plan - Bloomberg
CFTC’s Gensler Determined to Act - Reuters
U.S. Housing Turning Corner - New York Times
Home Prices [...]

GDP Has Fallen Four Straight Quarters

The Commerce Department reported on Friday, July 31, that the U.S. economy contracted at a 1.0 percent annual rate in the second quarter. U.S. GDP, which measures total goods and services output within U.S. borders, has fallen for four straight quarters for the first time since government records started in [...]

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Second-quarter GDP came out lower-than-expected at a 1.9 percent annualized rate, according the Commerce Department. First-quarter GDP was at 0.9 percent. The Commerce Department also reported a recession may have begun in the final three months of 2007, as GDP was revised downward to show a contraction of 0.2 percent. It marked the first drop [...]