08.21.2009 9:00 pm

Crabgrass amid the green shoots

Green shoots?

The Great Recession of 2007-2009 is over. So says the International Monetary Fund, the Conference Board and a host of private economic forecasters. President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner aren’t prepared to go that far, but they do…

Tags: Ben Bernanke, Conference Board, economic recovery, green shoots, IMF, middle class, negative savings rates, recession, St. Louis news

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09.01.2008 8:34 am

Labor Day: Lost decade for the middle class

By Editorial Board

For 35 years, Martha Fowler’s life was anchored solidly in America’s middle class. She had a good job, earning $21 an hour with good benefits as an operator and technician for Western Union.

“I liked…

Tags: Census Bureau, Economic Policy Institute, Labor Day, middle class, State of Working America

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Crabgrass amid the green shoots

Labor Day: Lost decade for the middle class

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