While recovery from the Great Recession of 2008-2009 has been stymied by weak housing and high unemployment, recent economic data suggest a quickening pace of growth in gross domestic product, which should benefit small-cap equities.

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McCaskill and Corker would cap spending at 20.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product by 2023.

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Their product will be more competitive if we can pass cap and trade.

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The government expects to cap the fiscal gap below 5.2% of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year ending March 31, and narrow it to 4.8% in the next fiscal year.

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The debt brake is supposed to cap the government "structural" deficit at 0.5% of gross domestic product.

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Identified by the quantitative model employed by the Forbes Growth Investor, this small-cap company has adopted the latter strategy, but it has also supplemented this with smart acquisitions designed to enhance its product offerings and accelerate the pace of margin expansion through cost-saving synergies.

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