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As you’ve probably heard, the U.S. economy grew at a 1.6% annual, inflation-adjusted crawl in the quarter that ended Sept. 30. Except that, well, it probably didn’t. It was the “advance” estimate of gross domestic product that the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released today. On Nov. 29 we’ll get the “preliminary” estimate and [...]