12/29/2024

Post-Recession Rethink: Growth Potential Dimmed Before Downturn

Something looks wrong. Just as consumer spending picks up, business investment is headed in the opposite direction: It’s down now for two straight quarters, which typically has happened only in a recession.

These numbers add to evidence that today’s subpar economic growth isn’t just an aftereffect of the Great Recession but part of a deeper malaise that predates, and indeed may have helped cause, the financial crisis.

Consider…

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