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![Ernie Tedeschi on Twitter: "CBO sees an output gap of -6.4% this year, bigger than the depths of the Great Recession, but falling quickly in 2021 and then more gradually thereafter.… https://t.co/RGkrmy9avd" Ernie Tedeschi on Twitter: "CBO sees an output gap of -6.4% this year, bigger than the depths of the Great Recession, but falling quickly in 2021 and then more gradually thereafter.… https://t.co/RGkrmy9avd"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb8JrfWX0AMNKMI.png)
Ernie Tedeschi on Twitter: "CBO sees an output gap of -6.4% this year, bigger than the depths of the Great Recession, but falling quickly in 2021 and then more gradually thereafter.… https://t.co/RGkrmy9avd"
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