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The Great Recession

Is the Recession Finally Over?

Jul 14th, 2009
by Jordon.
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According to Newsweek The long-leading index—which goes back to the 1920s and doesn’t include stock prices but does include measures related to credit, housing, productivity, and profits—hits bottom and starts to climb about six months before a recession ends. The weekly leading index calls directional shifts about three to four months in advance. And the [...]

Can Chrysler be Saved?

May 2nd, 2009
by Jordon.
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According to David Olive at the Great Recession blog It’s only a matter of time, but Chrysler will fail, this time for good. There arguably was still a need for Chrysler the previous two times it dug a grave for itself and started covering itself with dirt. But no longer. Chrysler has outlived its usefulness, [...]

14 Days

Apr 25th, 2009
by Jordon.
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For the first time in 14 days, I am enjoying some time off of work.  We had planned to go to the lake this weekend but with the wind-chill (yes, I just said wind-chill in April), it was going to be –15 degrees Celsius out last night which didn’t sound like a lot of fun.  [...]

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