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- BUSINESS, Page 45Business NotesTHE ECONOMYStuck in The Ditch
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- The Bush Administration and many economists contend that the
- long economic downturn is coming to an end, but with a recovery
- like this, who needs a recession? Statistics released last week
- indicate that if a turnaround has begun, it has done so with
- remarkable subtlety:
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- -- The government's revised estimate of economic output
- during the second quarter showed a 0.5% drop, the third
- consecutive decline.
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- -- Sales of existing single-family homes fell 2.1% in
- August compared with July.
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- -- Consumer confidence was down for the third month in a
- row, according to the Conference Board, a research group.
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- -- The number of workers applying for initial unemployment
- benefits rose to 439,000 for the week ending Sept. 14, up from
- 403,000 the previous week.
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- -- Monthly orders for durable goods fell 3.8% in August.
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- Conclusion: America still considers this a recovery that
- only a President could love.
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