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Another Projection: 20% Additional Decline for Housing

Barry Ritholtz provides the following chart, originally from the New York Times, but updated for The Big Picture by  Tags:

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Recessions and Depressions: Wall Street vs. Main Street

The previous discussion of GDP might be called the “Wall Street business cycle”. The discussion of employment could be called The “Main Street business cycle”.

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Normalized GDP, The Real Story of Growth

It is common practice to normalize economic activity for inflation. One result is real GDP, which has been discussed previously.

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Time to Take a Fresh Look at the Business Cycle

The term “business cycle” refers to the cyclic nature of economic activity. The following definition comes from Investopedia: What Does Business Cycle Mean?