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- From: rwojcik@atc.boeing.com (Richard Wojcik,snake)
- Subject: Re: The Recession
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.165636.26153@grace.boeing.com>
- Sender: usenet@grace.boeing.com (For news)
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- Organization: Research & Technology
- References: <1992Dec23.002027.9978@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:56:36 GMT
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- In article 9978@u.washington.edu, monaghan@cac.washington.edu (Tracy Monaghan ) writes:
- >The Center for Business Cycle (?), the official arbiter of economic
- >trends, has declared that the latest US recession ended in March 1991,
- >and we have been in a recovery ever since.
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- For their next trick, they will show how people can be resurrected from the dead
- by defining life in just the right way. Sort of like defining employment in
- terms of reduced claims for unemployment benefits. Statistics can be a wonderful
- comfort in times of trouble. ;-)
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- Disclaimer: Opinions expressed above are not those of my employer.
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- Rick Wojcik (rwojcik@boeing.com) Seattle, WA
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