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The early returns from Harvey are trickling in, and the news is not good,” said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors. The FederalReserve said in a separate report that industrial production declined 0.9 Economists are likely marking down third-quarter growth and marking up the fourth quarter.”.
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