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<text id=91TT2224>
<title>
Oct. 07, 1991: Business Notes:The Economy
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Oct. 07, 1991 Defusing the Nuclear Threat
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 45
Business Notes
THE ECONOMY
Stuck in The Ditch
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<p> 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:
</p>
<p>-- The government's revised estimate of economic output
during the second quarter showed a 0.5% drop, the third
consecutive decline.
</p>
<p>-- Sales of existing single-family homes fell 2.1% in
August compared with July.
</p>
<p>-- Consumer confidence was down for the third month in a
row, according to the Conference Board, a research group.
</p>
<p>-- 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.
</p>
<p>-- Monthly orders for durable goods fell 3.8% in August.
</p>
<p> Conclusion: America still considers this a recovery that
only a President could love.
</p>
</body></article>
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