Thatnumberdoes notfallwhen people arereminded that they will end up paying more for their own beer; indeeditrises slightly, though theincreaseis stillwithin the statisticalmargin of error.
Yet when growth is close to flat, the difference between, say, estimated growth of 0.1% (no recession on the popular convention) and -0.1% (one quarter contributing to a recession on the same convention) is actually within the known statisticalmargin of error.
The poll showed Giuliani receiving 47 percent of votes in the hypothetical general-election matchup with Clinton, who scored 46 points -- a statistical dead heat given the poll's 2.5 percent margin of error.