Posted on 11/27/2011 5:29:36 AM PST by radioone
I warned last week that a recession and higher unemployment were about to hit the U.S. economy. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis cut their estimate of growth in the third quarter ending September from 2.5% to 2%. Then on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve rocked financial markets by forcing Americas 31 largest U.S. banks to stress test balance sheets to determine their capability to withstand an 8% drop in the economy; which would cause home prices to plunge by 21%, and unemployment rate to jump to 13%.
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Thanks for post #95. Very interesting stats.
True.
I thought the same thing.
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