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08.07.2008 9:00 pm

Friday’s editorial: The shape of a slump

bzkm_north_assembly_4_opt.jpgGas prices are up, a lot. Housing prices are down, a lot. Jobs are disappearing. The American auto industry is on its knees, and 2,400 Chrysler workers soon will lose their jobs in Fenton.
No wonder America is in a…

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06.03.2008 12:07 pm

U.S. economy - recession or just a slowdown?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The prevailing notion today among most domestic economic and media observers is that the U.S. economy is in a recession — and most believe it will get worse before it gets better. But is that really the case?

Representing the prevailing…

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05.02.2008 5:40 pm

Slumping on

“This economy is going to come on,” Bush said today at World Wide Technology in Maryland Heights today. “I’m confident it will.”

The president is right. The economy will come back, and probably fairly soon. The question is: Will it lift…

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04.13.2008 9:00 pm

Monday editorial: The Gipper’s question

reagan_opt.jpgIn a 1980 presidential debate, Ronald Reagan famously demolished then-President Jimmy Carter with a question directed at the American people:

“Are you better off than you were four years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things…

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04.04.2008 11:42 am

Recession City

There’s no longer any doubt — America is in a recession and St. Louis is sharing in the slump. We’ve now lost jobs for three months in a row, for a total of 232,000 nationwide, according to government figures released…

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