The data released last week strongly suggested that the recovery has hit its second "soft patch" which, for an expansion that is less than two years old, is troubling to say the least. Admittedly, some of the weakness can be blamed on temporary factors, such as the rapid run up in commodity prices and the disruption caused by the Japanese earthquake.
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