Meltdowns and implosions made for a bad 2008
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- Don't just do something�sit there. Kuehn, Don // American Teacher;Mar2008, Vol. 92 Issue 6, p18
The author considers the possibility of a recession in the U.S. in 2008. He explains the common definition of a recession. He cites the technical definition of a recession according to the National Bureau of Economic Research's Business Cycle Dating Committee. He mentions several problems that...
- Answers In All The Wrong Places. // Investment Dealers' Digest;3/3/2008, Vol. 74 Issue 9, p2
The author reflects on the speculations that the U.S. is going into a state of recession. The bevy of economic data would supposedly inform the Americans where they stand. He finds these speculations a silly notion. A week's worth of numbers is never going to resolve the recession debate,...
- A recession with a difference. Hoey, Richard // Super Review;Jul2008, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p21
The article relates the author's perspectives regarding the recession in the U.S. According to the author, the current crisis, which was born out of the sub-prime meltdown, is very different from the past. He sees that the U.S. economy will likely have a recession but it is going to be short and...
- Our Great Recession Obsession. Samuelson, Robert J. // Newsweek;11/12/2007, Vol. 150 Issue 20, p66
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- My Mother's Cure-All. Bird, Sarah // Good Housekeeping;Sep2008, Vol. 247 Issue 3, p146
The article presents the author's comments on effects of economic slowdown in the U.S. The author says that each individual American is adopting cost effective methods to curtail expense. These are definite signs of economic slowdown, if not the case of classic economic depression. The consumer...
- Another 'jobless recovery'? Matsuda, Keitaro // ABA Banking Journal;Jun2002, Vol. 94 Issue 6, p80
Comments on the United States economy as of June 2002. Issue of the slow pace of employment growth during this economic recovery, despite strong growth of the domestic gross product; Discussion of the last recession, which ended in March 1991 and is characterized as a jobless recovery because...
- Business Cycles. // Economic Trends (07482922);Feb2005, p6
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- Depression Comparisons Fall Flat. Barrett, Randy // National Journal;4/4/2009, p4
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- How Bad Is This? Johnson, Ben // National Real Estate Investor;Dec2008, Vol. 50 Issue 12, Special section p4
The article discusses the views of Stan Ross, chairman of the Lusk Center for Real Estate, and Hugh Kelly, principal of Hugh Kelly Real Estate Economics, on the recession in the U.S. Ross notes that today's recession is characterized by low interest rates and very limited liquidity in the...
