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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:07 AM Original message |
The economy is no longer contracting |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. good news doesn't play well here in GD |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well I was one of the greatest doomsayer on the way down |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. DOOOOOOOMED |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
69. Come on now .... sing along with me! Ahhh one and a two and a three .... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Some good thoughts... |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That's right, Peggy! |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Snark all you want! |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. The recession was manufactured by the media. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. No it was not |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. The media over-sensationalized the crisis as usual |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Them statistics are not with you |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. They're over-sensationalized. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. SHH this is why you go and find the NEBR and check the data YOURSELF |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. I kind of agree |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Preposterous contention. |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think that double-dip depends on how grasping and greedy |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Well yes, we are talking John Maymard Keynes |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. I'm personally feeling optimistic, ATM |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Oh I get that truly |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. Employment is the only thing that matters right now. nt |
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Think-Its-Patriotic (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. There's a big difference between "not contracting" and "recovering" |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Welcome to DU! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Oh and what she said, sorry |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Knowing how this works |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. True, after 8yrs of Bush destroying the foundation of our economy and dis-regarding the Constitution |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
46. Welcome to DU, Think! |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
49. welcome to DU! |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Must be that bank bailout finally kicking in. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. actually NO, this is a direct consequence of the STIMULUS package |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. If you say so. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You think they are the same thing? Ok |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I don't believe they are the same thing. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Thats the point, the ECONOMIC STATISTICS are not with you |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Shall we revisit this discussion in one year? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I was one of the doom sayers on the way down |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Cheapest straw man out there: Accuse those who |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Some folks here do, and that is a fact |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. So if what's needed is a multi response.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. We have had a multi response |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. I agree that Wall Street is not a reliable indicator |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Employment and GDP are core indicators |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. So you think |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. No, I think it is no longer contracting because the |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
23. So this is another indicator that the recession is over... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That is my only concern, but yes |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Now, we need to see how much unemployment numbers slow... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Unemployment has gone from 900,000 |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. I am pretty sure the economy will fluctuate |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Peace to you too |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
43. We are the world's 3rd largest manufacturer still. NT |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
35. Wow positive news gets unrecced |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
37. Bolognie. Our phony economy is so propped up it is ridiculous. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. If democratic underground existed in 1935 I could have written that |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Where WE are headed will make 1935 look like good times. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
38. When bussiness fails to do the job, nations must pour money into the economy... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
40. Based on what? n/t |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
74. And where are the new jobs coming from, & what type are they? |
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Craftsman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
42. So where are the good paying jobs? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. 9-10 mos away just like they always are after a recession ends. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. THose are a leading indicator on the way down and |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
45. Then maybe the economy will start thinkng about getting off its ass... |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. There WILL Be More Stimulus |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
48. It won't last...nor can it, realistically. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
73. What Spider said... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
50. delete |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. contractions stopped and the recovery was stillborn....nt |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. We just got the news this morning.. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
56. You are absolutely correct. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. Uh...yup! |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
58. It's easy to see that things are 100 % better! |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
62. Um if economy is expanding then we are not in a recession. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. THat's the fear |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
64. i'll hold my exuberance until after the numbers are revised in january... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Given that GNP is mentioned ONCE during the |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
71. The economy is dead in the water |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
72. The economy is rebounding! Hip Hip Hooray! Nevermind. Housing starts tumble 10.6% |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
75. Nadin, I love your posts but you are incorrect. Google M1 MULT... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. No problem, but metals are not a core indicator |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Shades of gray, for sure. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. All the best to you too |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
78. Which economy, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Main street, GNP is talking of Main Street, aka how much product |
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