Latest News About Great Recession

Updated 2026-04-19 20:03

Here are the latest publicly reported developments related to the Great Recession and its aftermath.

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The Great Recession: Over But Not Gone?

While the U.S. economy is predicted to take off this year, it also still seems to lie in the shadow of the Great Recession, a period in which more than eight million Americans lost their jobs, nearly four million homes were foreclosed each year, and 2.5 million businesses were shuttered. Though it officially ended more than four years ago, how has the biggest U.S. downturn since the Great Depression affected—and continued to affect—Americans' lives? Several IPR faculty are mining data from...

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