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    The Yanks won't admit it but they are currently in a recession.

    Technically, we define a recession as negative GDP growth for two consecutive quarters, however the US meets all of the following criteria, so physically, they are in a recession:

    Economic growth slows - Yes
    Businesses stop expanding - Yes
    Employment falls - Yes
    Unemployment rises - Yes
    Housing prices decline - Yes

    I think that the Dow will move sideways for some time yet, but I also think it will need to test new lows before we see a sustained recovery, be it gradual.

    The dilemma, for my mind, is working out the bottom of the trough or quite simply - where can we place the US economy in the Business Cycle at this point in time?

    The following is where I see the US atm and I'm not counting on the start of the recovery process until mid 2009 at the earliest.

 
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