“Unexpectedly”
You mean those 3rd quarter results were just cooked up to help obama get reelected? Aww.
What a terribly written article. The title says the contraction was unexpected, yet most of the article sounds like “no folks, its ok, we know why this happened, we saw it coming, all part of the plan, little hiccup on the way, we got this...” In other words no, they don’t know why their socialist policies continue to screw up the economy. But they want us to believe it will all magically get better real soon now, just give them some more time, money, power, and control...
Never trust the words of anyone with a New York Times mobile app in their phone.