Economy in Worst Fall Since '82

Wall Street Journal by Conor Dougherty, Kelly Evans | Feb. 28, 2009 (News Analysis)
Output Sank 6.2% Last Quarter; Plunging Trade, Investment Signal Trouble Ahead

The U.S. economy deteriorated far more than previously thought in the fourth quarter, according to new revisions of government data, casting fresh doubt about the chances of a recovery this year.

With falloffs in consumer spending and exports, gross domestic product declined at a 6.2% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a Commerce Department report Friday. The agency's first estimate for GDP, reported in January, was for a 3.8% ... Full Story »

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 by Mark Monday - Feb. 28, 2009

In-depth stories about our economic situation are not only good reads, they are essential to understanding our way forward. Education of the public is always the first role newspapers should play.

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