2008-10-19econbrowser.com

"On Thursday the Federal Reserve Board announced that its index of industrial production fell by 2.8% in September. That's the biggest monthly decline in the index since January 1975. To put it in perspective, UCLA Professor Ed Leamer suggested last August that a 6-month decline of more than 3% should be characterized as a recession. "



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