Economic uptick?

In June, I reproduced a chart from The Economist that showed global economic growth at a constant 4% in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Then there was a rapid slide in 2008 to a 2% drop. It’s still bad, but the second-quarter fall in 2009 wasn’t quite as poor as the first quarter.

Here’s the evidence (see image). A half-empty glass being made to look half-full, perhaps?

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