[jamesaguilar]

Could one even be off by an order of magnitude with economic growth numbers? On a base of 2.2, that requires being off by 20%. You could never be off by an order of magnitude because economies don't grow or shrink by 20% pretty much ever.

[knowtheory]

But they're even wrong on that. Saying that -0.1 is like 2.2 is not correct. The difference between -0.1 and 2.2 is an order of magnitude (e.g. a difference by a multiple of ten).

[jamesaguilar]

I guess no matter how you look at it, they are taking a totally wrong-headed approach to their mistakes.