Democracy Has Prevailed.

February 9, 2009

By the numbers

From Think Progress (Graph by The Gavel):
The current recession that the United States economy finds itself in is, by far, dramatically worse than the recessions of 1990-91 and 2001. How much worse? The economy has lost 3.6 million jobs in the last 13 months. The Gavel compares these numbers to the two most recent recessions:



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1 comment:

EdHeath said...

What were the numbers in the 1980 recession? Because I remember unemployment being higher and inflation being high (stagflation). Of course, this recession is different and potentially worse because of the credit crisis. So far Harry Reid has blinked repeatedly, but who do the Republicans think would be blamed if Reid restored cut spending to the stimulus in conference and then the Republicans voted against it? Likely not Harry, and absolutely not Harry alone.