The real estate slump has no quick fix, and could expand into a full-blown recession. Here, a For Sale sign stands in front of a home in Lee's Summit, Mo., on September 5, 2007.
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The recession-fighting squad moves from Wall St. to
Washington to Detroit at least once a week. Its
last stop in Detroit was a big one.
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Toyota is weathering the recession far better than its American counterparts because it has been making the fuel-efficient automobile car owners want.
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Who started the global recession?
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Still waiting for an end to recession
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Journalists demonstrate in central Athens in protest at cuts to jobs and salaries prompted by the country's financial crisis and recession, May 28, 2012.
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Not worsening car sales would indicate an end to recession.
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WORLD VIEW: TIME's panel of economists debated bailouts, recession and reform
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"Overheated:" China's manufacturing sector is being challenged by rising costs and recession fears
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Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso unveiled new economic stimulus measures to tackle the fallout from the global recession on Oct. 30 in Tokyo
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SIGNS OF THE TIME: The collapse of Ireland's frenzied real estate market has pushed the country into recession
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President-elect Obama has said that he will run a deficit of $1 trillion to make a meaningful difference in this ugly recession.
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NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 04: People walk past the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 4, 2011 in New York City. The Dow dropped more than 300 points on fears of a deepening European debt crisis and possible double-dip recession in the United States. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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New York City is seen behind the shipping docks in Newark, New Jersey in December, 2012. The U.S. economy shrank from October through December for the first time since the recession ended, hurt by fewer exports and sluggish growth in company stockpiles.
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A woman stands in front of a billboard displaying a model's picture with a moustache sprayed on it, in Madrid, Oct. 17, 2012. The Spanish economy is in its second recession in three years, unemployment is near 25 percent and forecasts for the coming year are grim.
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President-elect Obama has said that he will run a deficit of $1 trillion to make a meaningful difference in this ugly recession.
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A Japanese pedestrian walks under railway tracks in downtown Tokyo on Nov. 17, the day the nation announced it had officially entered a recession
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SHOP, OR ELSE... With businesses reluctant to invest, the euro zone needs shoppers to keep on spending to avoid recession
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Rolls-Royce's new recession-beating luxury car, the Ghost
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NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 04: People walk past the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 4, 2011 in New York City. The Dow dropped more than 300 points on fears of a deepening European debt crisis and possible double-dip recession in the United States. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Chef Choi and his Kogi Korean-BBQ taco truck: gourmet dining at recession-proof prices via Twitter alerts.
Commissioned during the depths of the recession, the cars unveiled at this year's NAIAS emphasize utility, efficiency and tradition. They also show that...
Fifty years ago, after 13 years of post-war growth, the U.S. economy hit its first economic downturn since the Depression. In April, 1958, Life Magazine...
