Will the growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States be positive or negative for the second quarter of 2008?

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Initial likelihoods: Positive: 49%, Negative: 49%, Zero: 2%

Action history:

Created Fri 2nd May 2008 8:43am PDT by kelly

Settlement requested Thu 31st Jul 2008 8:26am PDT by Erik: The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product, or GDP, increased at an annual rate of 1.9 percent in the April-to-June period.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080731/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy_30

Suspended Thu 31st Jul 2008 9:25am PDT by newswrangler: Flagged by super user: Suspended pending review of settlement link, and review of any late predictions.

Settled as 'Positive' Fri 1st Aug 2008 4:07am PDT by robuk: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080731/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy_30
Predictions after 7:06am PST have been voided.

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