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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:08 PM Original message |
The D-word: Will recession become something worse? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. recommend |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kick and Rec. Yes. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Just shocked it took them this long. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. What is a depression? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. 6% in One Quarter Puts Us Damn Close, Though |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. "Close" only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and drive-in movies. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. 6percent is pretty close, to say that it isn't in the ballpark of 10percent is a stretch. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So if your boss gave you a 6% raise, isn't that in the ballpark of a 10% raise? |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. 6% in ONE QUARTER |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So the ASSUMPTION it will be as bad or worse in subsequent quarters? |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. That's not a hope, but a fear |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 04:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. When it falls 7percent this quarter and then 8percent the next will it then be in the ballpark? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No, it is an annualized rate. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. False |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. correction duly noted |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Not yet, but the acceleration of the decline since September has been fightening. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. No kidding...everything changed and all bets were off |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. no....not close to the depression of the 30`s |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. we're still in the middle innings |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Yes indeedy...The scary thing here is that most |
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stox (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. Parts of the Country have been in a depression for some time |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yep. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Yea - I think that would be the model of a modern day Great Depression |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Ohio, Michigan, parts of several other states. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not at all close now. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Deflation is here already, depression may be here in another year. |
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HuskiesHowls (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. Remeber, a RECESSION is |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. A depression is defined as a long recession |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm confused... |
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percussivemadness (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. according to a lot of posters on this site |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. "Other than the bankrupt banks things are ticking over" |
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percussivemadness (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. What exactly am I trivialising? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I am not betting we will |
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percussivemadness (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. rude? hardly..there is a pervading attitude on this board that manifests itself |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. See post #19! nt |
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SahaleArm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
33. We're heading in that direction... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. The chart really tells the story, Thanks. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
36. It has been a Depression for awhile. As usual, history will choose an emblematic day |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I do appreciate your cents. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
40. Have to see it behind you? I don't. I've been using the D word for a while and snickering at |
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