Larry Kudlow Accountability Watch

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) just confirmed that we have been in a recession since December 2007.

This is what leading conservative economic expert, and graduate school dropout, Larry Kudlow had to say about the economy in that same month:

There is no recession. Despite all the doom and gloom from the economic pessimistas, the resilient U.S economy continues moving ahead—quarter after quarter, year after year—defying dire forecasts and delivering positive growth. In fact, we are about to enter the seventh consecutive year of the Bush boom.

The pessimistas are a persistent bunch. In 2006, they were certain a recession was just around the corner. They were wrong. Instead, the economy posted two consecutive quarters of near or above four-percent growth.

Earlier today, a doom and gloom economic forecast from Macro Economic Advisors was released predicting zero percent growth in the fourth quarter. This report is off by at least two percentage points. These guys are going to wind up with egg on their faces.

Looks like the "pessimistas" were right, and Kudlow was wrong.