Reply #23: Also fueled by consumer spending up 26% from child tax credit rebates... [View All]

[flpoljunkie]

This money has now been spent.

As for business, inventory reduction continues as companies are wary of the staying power of this "rebound".

The outlook for the fourth quarter is considerably less bright for all these reasons.

Edited to add that the 45.8% military spending in the second quarter helped to catapult the economic growth of the third quarter.