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Official Announcement: U.S. In Recession Since December 2007
It’s now official: here’s an announcement that many Americans already knew, despite the White House’s efforts for more than a year not to use the dreaded word, despite talk radio hosts saying it was merely overblown and inaccurate rhetoric by Democrats and despite Phil ...
It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - Dec. 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 - ...
It's official: U.S. in a recession since December 2007 - Dec. 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 - ...
It’s Official: Recession Started One Year Ago
nytimes.com — The group of economists charged with making the call for the history books said that the U.S.... economy entered a recession in December 2007. > (more) It’s Official: Recession Started One Year Ago
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They Can See Clearly Now
Opinionator — ... Steve Benen at Washington Montly informs us. “The NBER announcement shows that our current downturn has lasted a year (and counting), and only two of the modern recessions (November 1973 to March 1975 and July 1981 to November 1982) have lasted this long. It suggests the current recession is very likely to be the longest since the Great Depression. We knew all of this, of course, but it’s reassuring, I suppose, to get official confirmation.” Joe Gandelman at the Moderate Voice says the news comes “despite the White House’s efforts for more than a year not to use the dreaded ...

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