I thought I saw it was actually going to be .1%??
Well, yes. As you can see, as long as “the powers that be” can declare any positive GDP increase of any measure before their Nov election deadline, they can avoid their own recession. Then, a small revision downward after the election doesn’t matter.
On the other hand, they will also claim “Republican MAGA domestic terrorist fear-mongering extremists “ caused the economy to crash by speading lies and falsehoods!
And after the election, they will claim “Biden did everything he could to Whip Inflation Now (wait, that’s the wrong slogan), but the mean, Nasty, hate-filled Republican white male extremists caused this summer’s recession by opposing Biden’s planned economy.