We all know the government’s first reported economic number is manipulated to its best result in order for Wall Street shysters to levitate the stock market with their HFT supercomputers. Then subsequent revisions downward are downplayed and ignored. It’s the American way. This figure will be revised into negative territory over the next few months.
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/04/30/yes-virginia-even-the-manipulated-government-gdp-reveals-recession/