The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) issued a statement in December confirming the United States. has been in a recession since December 2007. According to the report, employers have reduced payrolls by 1.2 million jobs in the first 10 months of 2008. At press time, economists were predicting a loss of another 325,000 jobs for November.
The NBER is a private group of leading economists charged with dating the start and end of economic downturns.
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