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U.S. recession began in December 2007, NBER says
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. economy entered a recession in December 2007, a committee of economists at the private National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. The economy reached a peak in December and has been declining since, according to the business cycle dating committee of ...
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 - ...
Real Time Economics : NBER Makes It Official: Recession Started in December 2007
blogs.wsj.com — Official recession watchers at the NBER said today that the U.S. is recession, and it began in... December 2007. Here is the text of their statement. The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met by conference call ... (more) Real Time Economics : NBER Makes It Official: ...
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NBER: US recession started in December 2007
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — They're confirming what many of us already knew. This is going to be a long recession but at least the grownups are ready to take over from the kids. ...

Kudlow and Company
The Anonymous Liberal — According to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the U.S. economy officially entered a recession in December of 2007. Here's what the National Review's resident economic expert, Larry Kudlow, had to say at the time--in a December 2007 post at The Corner. There is no recession. Despite all the doom and gloom from the economic pessimistas, the resilient U.S economy continues moving ahead—quarter after quarter, year after year—defying dire forecasts and delivering positive growth. In fact, we are about to enter the seventh consecutive year of the Bush boom. The pessimistas are a persistent bunch. In 2006, they were ...

They Can See Clearly Now
Opinionator — Happy anniversary, everybody! “ The U.S. economy entered a recession in December 2007 , a committee of economists at the private National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday.,” reports MarketWatch. The economy reached a peak in December and has been declining since, according to the business cycle dating committee of the NBER. The committee does not judge a recession as two consecutive quarterly declines in gross domestic product; rather, it looks at four key monthly economic indicators, including employment, industrial output and sales. Employment peaked in December.“This is the eleventh recession in the post-World War II era, but it is already one of the ...

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