Gloomy Economic Numbers

  • Job losses get better every month but still not where they need to be for recovery to be achieved. Unemployment rises to 9.8%.
  • Dow is having a down week.
  • Manufacturing orders dropped.
  • Consumer spending only slightly rising.
  • Krugman argues yes Obama's stimulus pulled us back from the brink, but is painfully insufficient at restoring economic growth and/or job recovery.

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