America’s future is in jeopardy. Over the entire postwar period from 1947 to 2013, the trend for economic growth in America was 3.3%. Unfortunately, looking at the period as a whole masks a marked deterioration in U.S. growth performance. Since 2007, the rate has downshifted to a mere 1.5%, which translates into a meager 0.7% in growth per capita in the United States. Even more troubling, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that growth will only average 2.5 % over the next 10 years and drop off to 2.0% at the end of the period. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/1IXYg0J

1. 7 Statistics On Why
Economic Growth
Matters

2. Fact 1
3.3%:
The average annual growth rate
between 1947 and 2013.

3. Fact 2
2.5%:
The projected average annual rate of
growth over the next 10 years.

4. Fact 3
$3 trillion:
The amount of debt that could be
eliminated by a 1% increase in average
annual growth over the next 10 years.

5. Fact 4
2.5 million:
The number of jobs that would be created
if the average annual growth rate were
3.5% over the next 10 years.

6. Fact 5
99 years:
The amount of time it would take for
incomes to double under the current
1.5% average annual growth rate.

7. Fact 6
33 years:
The amount of time it would take
for incomes to double under an annual
rate of 3.3% growth.

8. Fact 7
10%:
The increase in standard of living
for middle class if the average annual
rate of growth were one percentage point
higher over the next 10 years.

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