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Which is what it is doing.

cmaukonen — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:44:08 +0000

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Which is what it is doing.

I'm not making the claim, and

Doctor Cleveland — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:52:22 +0000

I'm not making the claim, and didn't do the analysis.

They also didn't say that the economy didn't start to shrink again. That's what a "double- dip recession" is ... the economy slides, starts to make up some lost ground for a while, and then starts sliding again.

So the economy stopped

Beetlejuice — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:36:37 +0000

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So the economy stopped shrinking and started expanding a year ago all the while the job market kept hemoraging and economist say they see a light at the end of the tunnel, eh? When did the Kobayashi Maru scenario become the Rosey scenario?

Economists count recessions

cmaukonen — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:45:25 +0000

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Economists count recessions as ending when it's politically expedient to do so.