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To: rabscuttle385

The good news is that by the time the economists discover a recession, it is usually almost over.

6 posted on 12/01/2008 2:23:05 PM PST by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))

To: dangerdoc

“The good news is that by the time the economists discover a recession, it is usually almost over.”

I wouldn’t count on this being a short recession. The Fed’s usual tools may not be effective because the cause of this recession is different.

15 posted on 12/01/2008 3:33:40 PM PST by Pelham (Obama: Reconstruction version 2.0)

To: dangerdoc

The good news is that by the time the economists discover a recession, it is usually almost over.

Then this one is going to be a depression.

31 posted on 12/01/2008 6:00:04 PM PST by AndrewC

To: dangerdoc

These guys aren’t economists, they are historians.

35 posted on 12/01/2008 6:12:50 PM PST by csmusaret (I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than have a brother in the US Congress.)

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