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thinkprogress.org - 12/1/2008
NBER: U.S. economy in recession since December 2007.
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The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced today that the U.S. economy has been in recession since December 2007 . NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee — “which maintains a chronology of the beginning and ending dates of U.S. recessions” — ...

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It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - Dec. 1, 2008
money.cnn.com - 12/1/2008
It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - Dec. 1, 2008
— money.cnn.com — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007, making official what most Americans have already believed about the state of the economy . The NBER is a private ... (more) It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - ...
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It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - Dec. 1, 2008
— money.cnn.com — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007, making official what most Americans have already believed about the state of the economy . The NBER is a private ... (more) It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - ...

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nber.org - 12/2/2008
National Bureau of Economic Research
— nber.org — NBER Jump to the Navigation Bar Login to customize this site new working papers Business Cycles in the Euro Area Giannone, Lenza, Reichlin Emerging Market Currency Excess Returns Gilmore, Hayashi Dynamic Globalization and Its Potentially Alarming ... (more) National Bureau of Economic Research
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Year and Counting
Rising Hegemon — ... Ah, so we have been in recession since December 2007... that explains a great deal, doesn't it?  How long have you been experiencing tough economic times Hegemonians? ...

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