Popular Posts

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Economist exposing the Fact that the Recession never ended..The full 9.8 percent drop in income from the start of the recession to this June — the most recent month in the study —

http://dailycapitalist.com/2011/10/10/the-great-recession-never-ended/

 Economist exposing the Fact that the Recession never ended..The full 9.8 percent drop in income from the start of the recession to this June — the most recent month in the study —



The full 9.8 percent drop in income from the start of the recession to this June — the most recent month in the study — appears to be the largest in several decades, according to other Census Bureau data. Gordon W. Green Jr., who wrote the report with John F. Coder, called the decline “a significant reduction in the American standard of living.”
That reduction occurred even though the unemployment rate fell slightly, to 9.2 percent in June compared with 9.5 percent two years earlier. Two main forces appear to have held down pay: the number of people outside the labor force — neither working nor looking for work — has risen; and the hourly pay of employed people has failed to keep pace with inflation, as the prices of oil products and many foods have jumped

No comments: