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- <text id=91TT1724>
- <title>
- Aug. 05, 1991: Business Notes:Economy
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Aug. 05, 1991 Was It Worth It?
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 49
- Business Notes
- ECONOMY
- Looking at a Rocky Recovery
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- <p> The economic recession is over. Now get ready for--another
- recession? That's a real possibility, say economists. The
- government reported last week that the economy grew at a barely
- measurable 0.4% annualized rate in the second quarter. But it
- may be premature to celebrate the arrival of good times again.
- "Usually we shoot right out of an economic hole," says economist
- Allen Sinai. "This time we're crawling out."
- </p>
- <p> Business activity remains so sluggish that the jobless
- rate is expected to continue to rise for the rest of the year.
- Some experts even warn that the economy, burdened by high debts
- and a weak banking system, could fall again unless the Federal
- Reserve moves quickly to lower interest rates. Fed Chairman Alan
- Greenspan has kept rates firm to control inflation. But with the
- threat of a "double-dip recession" hovering over the economy,
- Greenspan may feel new pressure from the Administration to relax
- his monetary grip as the 1992 presidential election draws near.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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