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 Economy Click for Economic Statistics Financial Crisis for Beginners 
Economists: Europe Is Headed For Six Quarters Of Recession | As Europe seeks to patch together a deal to keep the Eurozone together, economists at Citigroup see the continent headed for a long recession. “Our economists believe the sovereign debt and banking crises are causing a renewed recession in the Euro Area,” reads the analysis. “Beginning in 4Q 2012, they forecast real GDP to contract for 6 consecutive quarters. It is expected to be an especially protracted recession. Not even in Japan, during its lost decades, did real GDP decline for 6 consecutive quarters.”

New census record shows 1 in 2 people in America are now poor or low income

Is the housing market bouncing back? A wide range of indicators — construction, home sales, prices — have recently stabilized. Key word, stabilized, got to love it.

S&P downgrades nine euro countries Massive credit drop blamed on countries not having dealt with financial issues in a "sufficient size and scope".

Federal agency sounds alarm on American Airlines' pensions

YOUNG VETERANS FACE 30 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

W.T.O. Grants Russia Membership

IMF chief warns over 1930s-style threats Lagarde speaks out against isolation

Movie executives see record profits, salaries despite piracy fear-mongering

Pension fund blacklists Walmart The largest pension fund in the Netherlands had divested itself of all shares in Walmart as a result of the company’s anti-union position and poor labor standards.

Americans Proving Clueless Paying Wall Street $20 Billion for Broken Swaps

Working Man's Death  An unflinching portrait of physical labour in the 21st century.

American Airlines proposes to end all four pension plans