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2001 Slump May Not Have Been Recession at All
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Not only was the US recession in 2001 the shallowest on record, it may not have been one at all -- at least in the classic sense of two straight quarterly declines, new government data show. |
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Jul 30, 2004 18:07:03 |
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