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What statistics best describe the recession?

Started 1 year ago by ejfox / 2 posts

  1. I'm curious as to whether anyone has any input on publicly available statistics that can help illustrate the effects and duration of the recession. Obviously there are things like GDP and Unemployment rate, are there others that might paint a bigger picture?

    Thanks!

  2. Market values is the first thing that came to mind:

    http://flowingdata.com/2009/09/22/watch-the-giants-of-finance-shrink-then-grow/


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