It may not sound like much, but the annual rate of 1.8 percent at which the government has grown over the first three quarters of 2014 actually represents a milestone. If the government sector does not shrink significantly this quarter, 2014 will be the first year since 2009 that real government gross domestic product rose. Government employment is also rising slowly, mainly because local governments are rehiring workers laid off during the recession.
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