"It's The Weather's Fault"

...but the second half of the year is going to be great... (or 3rd or 4th)

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h/t @Not_Jim_Cramer

Of course, even if one believes that the weather is responsible for this - how worried should we be when cold weather in winter removes over 30% of the growth in US GDP!! Sustainable recovery or fragile and painful truth?

Oh and for some context on this collapse in the US, here is Russia - and everyone is up in arms how bad this has been...

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Charts: Bloomberg