Sep 16th, 2008 | Economy survey

Are we officially in a recession now?



Are we officially in a recession now?


34 votes, 98 views , 8 comments
 
 
Poll tags:Economy, Stock Market, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Money, News, Recession

 
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Comments (8)
Ianctr
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United Kingdom

posted Sep 19th, 2008 at 05:58 CDT

Coming up on 8 years now! Deregulating the financial market, to "help" American companies compete was a sure stupid idea. These are now the firms that are Bankrupt or in big trouble. John voted for it all the way, and guess what, Obama opposed it. John has trouble adding up how many houses he has, and calls himself a maverick after voting with George 95% of the time last year and 100% this. Trust the economy to this guy? Scary!

Officeshrew
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Alabama, United States

posted Sep 17th, 2008 at 11:54 CDT

it hasn't stopped some media talking heads from calling it a recession....

Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Sep 17th, 2008 at 04:39 CDT

It depends on how you count the figures.

Djkindagardin
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Rhode Island, United States

posted Sep 16th, 2008 at 21:58 CDT

I asked my mom what she thought on this poll and she says that we are in a recession and have been now for quite some time. However our government does not want to admit it.

Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Sep 16th, 2008 at 18:34 CDT

But it is not announced that we are in a recession officially until the numbers are in. And it also depends on which numbers you are using. In other words, you only know a recession has taken place (if you are simply reading the numbers) after the event.

Bmccue7
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Georgia, United States

posted Sep 16th, 2008 at 19:27 CDT

I was just about to point that out. It isn't officially a recession yet.

Random
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Texas, United States

posted Sep 16th, 2008 at 17:52 CDT

A recession is consecutive quarters of negative economic growth.  The last quarter of negative growth in the United States was the first quarter of FY 2001.

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posted Sep 16th, 2008 at 17:29 CDT

We've been in a recession for a while. We're actually in a depression now, but no one wants to admit it.

 
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