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Recession: Twice As Bad As We Thought, According To Government Revisions

Posted 08.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Floyd Norris, Recession Revisions, Bureau-of-Economic-Analysis, Recession Data, National Bureau of Economic Research, Recession, Business News

It's sort of a good news / bad news scenario. Today, U.S. GDP numbers revealed that the economy shrank only 1 percent last quarter, a much better ...

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Can The Lottery Help Us Save Money?

wsj.com | JASON ZWEIG | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Savings Rate, Saving, Lottery, Personal-Savings, Bureau-of-Economic-Analysis, Lotto, Business News

Based on recent headlines, you might think that Americans are finally saving again. Want to bet? In 2007, the latest year for which final numbers are...

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Bush Administration Hides More Data, Shuts Down Website Tracking U.S. Economic Indicators

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economics and Statistics Administration, Family Debt, Bush Administration, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Census Bureau, Credit Crunch, Forbes, Deficit, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

The U.S. economy is faltering. Family debt is on the rise, benefits are disappearing, the deficit is skyrocketing, and the mortgage crisis has worsene...

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