GDP weak… but also too hot? September 4, 2026
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GDP weak… but also too hot? September 4, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 4, 20261 hr 24 min
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A listener production. This is Motley Fool Money. Welcome to Motley Fool Money, the podcast that is 0.4% bigger than it was this time last year.

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I'm Scott Phillips from The Motley Fool. He is Andrew Page. The man for who 0.4% is just what happens when he wakes up in the morning, such is the compound growth of Australia's premier online investment club, strawman.com.

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that by the time we finish talking, it may well be larger than the entire GDP of planet earth. Mr. Page, how are you? Very good, thank you. It's totally generous, isn't it?

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