We're SAVED, we're SAVED, the lying, agenda-pushing, horseshit artists of the AmeriKan MSM tell me!!! Am I SICK of the GARBAGE LIES? You BET I AM!!!!!!!!
"Pace of downturn may be slowing" by Jack Healy, New York Times | February 17, 2009
In a recession as bad as this one, here is what passes for optimism: Some economists say the wrenching pace of the downturn may be slowing.
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No, the US economy has not stopped falling, they caution. In fact, home prices and unemployment levels are probably still nowhere near a bottom. But recently, a handful of lesser-known indexes and indicators measuring things like overseas shipping rates and manufacturing outlooks have begun to paint a picture that, while bad, is not quite as bleak as a few months ago....
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(Blog author not commenting because of rage and incredulity; they never stop shoveling)