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2008

August 30 Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), "Don't pop the Champagne corks yet."
August 29 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Economists wary despite GDP surprise." By Marilyn Geewax.
August 28 The Augusta Chronicle. "Augusta will lose jobs in 2009." By Tim Rausch.
August 28 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Downturn will drag on, forecaster says: 'It's a recession': Georgia State University's economic expert says job losses will continue nationally and in Atlanta." By Michael E. Kanell.
August 28 AJC.com, "Economy to be Slow through next year, GSU expert predicts." By Michael E. Kanell.
August 27 RTT News, "Dr. Rajeev Dhawan says Aftershocks of Credit Crunch Are damaging Growth."
August 27 The Atlanta Business Chronicle, "Dhawan: Housing downturn, gas prices make GA economic outlook bleak."
August 27 Targeted News Service, "Credit Aftershocks damage nation's growth prospects; Oil holds key to Fed's next move, says Georgia Forecaster."
August 15 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Jobless rate in state hits 15-year high: Above U.S. average: Expert says employment news probably will get worse before it gets better." By Michael E. Kanell.
August 6 Portafolio.com.co/wall street journal (Spanish), "Experts Divided on the good productivity performance in the U.S."
August 4 The Wall Street Journal (Asia), "Robust output of U.S. ignores recession signs." By Brian Blackstone.
August 4 The Wall Street Journal (Europe), "Key data defy U.S. woes---Worker productivity maintains growth in face of downturn. By Brian Blackstone.
August 4 Dow Jones Newswires, "Strong Productivity Defies Trend." By Brian Blackstone.
August 4 The Wall Street Journal, "Strong Productivity Defies Trend and Gives Fed Room to Maneuver." By Brian Blackstone.
August 4 Businessweek, "The Real Question: Should Oil be Cheap?" By John Carey.
July 28 USA Today, "Who will benefit from housing act?" By Anna Bahney.
July 11 AJC.com, "Looking for a way in the door: Jobless Georgians on short end of a numbers game." By Michael E. Kanell.
July 11 AJC.com, "Looking for a way in the door: Unemployed on short end of numbers game." By Michael E. Kanell.
July 11 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Looking For a way in the door: Unemployed on short end of numbers game." By Michael E. Kanell.
July 1 Daily Labor Report, "Economic Outlook Modest Recovery may begin Next Year, Fed on Hold until 2009, BNA Survey Finds." By Diana Gregg, Larry Swisher, Michael Rose and Aaron Lorenzo.
June 27 Convenience Store News, "Stimulus Checks Offset Rising Pump Prices."
June 25 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Group: Economic Stimulus Checks went toward gas." By Ariel Hart.
June 24 Seeking Alpha, "Is the Great Moderation in Danger?" By Zubin Jelveh.

June 23

Portfolio.com, "Is the Great Moderation in Danger?" By Zubin Jelveh.
June 19 Mundo Hispanico, "A history without end? Analysts assume that the economic situation is not that bad given the price of gasoline." By Leslie Froelich.
June 17 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Paying Upfront: Party is over for easy Credit." By Tammy Joyner.
June 12 U.S Fed News, "State Labor Department's 14th Annual Job Fair to be Televised Statewide."
June 10 International Herald Tribune, "Rural U.S. faces struggle as fuel prices climb higher Dependence on Trucks and low incomes are squeezing family budgets." By Clifford Krauss.
June 9 El Nuevo Herald, "FedEx & UPS are heading for a recession."
June 9 The New York Times, "Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as gas tops $4 Average." By Clifford Krauss.
June 9 The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal, "National Gas Average Reaches $4 a gallon; Analysts wonder if Last week's surgeon oil prices is a one time spike or the start of a new wave of advances." By Adam Schreck.
June 7 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Front Page], "Job losses oil jolt economy: Experts surprised at panicky reaction, say employment is uneven but far from awful." By Michael E. Kannell.
June 6 National Real Estate Investor, "Economists see job losses as Mild." By Poonkulali Thangavelu.
June 4 Reuters español, "U.S. not in recession but consumers reacting as if there were one." By Emily Kaiser.
June 4 Reuters, "Analysis- No recession? For U.S. consumers, it feels like one." By Emily Kaiser.
May 23-29 Atlanta Business Chronicle, "GSU economist sees 'Recessionary Environment'."
May 25 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Georgia 100: Cover Story: Season of economic uncertainty: Possible recession atop worry list in election year." By Tom Walker.
May 22 The Augusta Business Chronicle, "Augusta not in Recession, though hiring has slowed." By Walter C. Jones.
May 22 The Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Job losses in GA Forecast, Dhawan sees mild downturn, but no real recovery until '10." By Michael E. Kanell.
May 21 US Fed News, "Georgia State Forecaster: Credit crunch somewhat Abated, High Oil Prices Block Economic Recovery."
May 21 AJC.com, "Georgia to lose 7,000 jobs this year, economist predicts." By Michael E. Kanell.
May 21 Atlanta Business Chronicle, "GSU economist sees 'recessionary environment' in Georgia."
May 14 The Wall Street Journal, "U.S. News: Congress Rebukes Bush Over Oil Stockpile---Vote of 97-1 Aims to End Stockpiling in Strategic Reserve." By Stephen Power and Ian Talley.
May 3 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Job hunt gets scary: Recession or not, the search for work in many fields takes longer as employers keep an eye on the economy." By Michael E. Kanell.
May 1 Business Week, "Stock Drop after Fed rate cut; Bernanke & Co. trimmed the Fed funds rate target to 2.0%, but lack of clarity about future moves caused confusion in the markets."
April 30 National Real Estate Investor, "GDP Rises, Barely as Fed slices interest rates to jolt economy." By Denise Kalette.
April 30 Penton Insight, "GDP Rises, Barely as Fed Slices Interest Rates to Jolt Economy." By Denise Kalette.
April 23 The Christian Science Monitor, "Banking woes seem to ease. Is it a sign?" By Mark Trumbull.
April 22 Bloomberg, "UPS, FedEx decline points to continuing recession." By Mary Jane Credeur.
April 17 Fayette Daily News, "The Perfect Storm." By Cindy Morley.
April 17 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "The merger of Delta and Northwest: Albatross of Oil: Any cost savings won't include bills for jet fuel." By Michael E. Kanell.
April 14 Global Atlanta, "Merger with Northwest to extend Delta's Global Reach." By Trevor Williams and Phil Bolton.
April 5 The Palm Beach Post, "Home Depot to trim personnel jobs, boost help on the floor." By Rachel Tobin Ramos
April 5 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Home Depot cuts 970 jobs." By Rachel Tobin Ramos.
March 31 "El Universal" (Mexico), "Forecast: economic recovery for the U.S. in 2010." By Ixel Gonzalez.
March 29 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Signs of life in real estate: Turnaround? Atlanta pros say sales are up, but economists aren't ready to declare a trend." By Kevin Duffy.
March 29 Augusta Chronicle, "Georgia faces fight to keep graduates." By Greg Gelpi.
March 22 The Globe and Mail(Canada), "This nastiness will last throughout 2008." By Heather Scoffield.
March 21 Trading Markets, "Chambliss sees help for Carpet Region."
March 9 Chattanooga Times, "Dalton suffers carpet casualties." By Dave Flessner and Eric Fuchs.
March 4 Cox News Service, "Housing Recovery 'Years' Away, Economists Told." By Marilyn Geewax.
March 4 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Grim forecast for mortgages: Treasury secretary says housing slowdown will linger, reiterates opposition to federal bailouts for borrowers." By Marilyn Geewax.
February 29 Chattanooga Times, "Tennessee, Georgia jobs picture becomes cloudy." By Dave Flessner.
February 28 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Economic forecasts grow darker: Georgia: Tepid growth will outpace nation's, forecaster says." By Michael E. Kanell.
February 28 Insider Advantage Georgia, "Georgia Forecast: No Recession but little Growth." By Walter C. Jones.
February 28 Manufacturing Business Technology, "Cox News Service." By Michael E. Kanell.
February 27 The Christian Science Monitor, "A slowdown in U.S. economy, yes, but a mild one." By Mark Trumbull.
February 27 Atlanta Business Chronicle, "Dhawan: Georgia economy Headed for a slide."  
February 21 Mundo Hispánico (Spanish), "The Worst is over." By Pilar Verdes.
February 20 Rome New-Tribune, "Experts are divided over credit crunch's impact on government bonds."
February 9 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Ga.'s stimulus estimate: $3.6 billion: Rebate checks could be an economic shot in the arm---if they're spent and not socked away." By Michael E. Kanell.
February 4 Outlook India, "Tough Times Ahead: America isn't sure if it's recession. India won't be immune to it, but will survive." By Ashish Kumar Sen.
February 1 Winnipeg Press (Canada), "Home Depot cuts jobs as housing market slows."
February 1 The Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Home Depot lays off 500: Atlanta headquarters will dismiss 1 in 10 employees by the end of today as chain adjusts to housing slump." By Michael E. Kanell.
February 1 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Jobless Data flash warning: It may signal trouble---or a blip." By Michael E. Kanell.
January 24 BusinessWeek, "Stimulus package to the rescue; or will it be too late? Even if Plan is enacted within weeks to try to head off a U.S. recession, it'll take months for the tax rebate checks to go out." By Dawn Koplecki and Eamon Javers.
January 24 The Oakland Tribune, "Who's going to save the U.S. economy form a recession: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, or President Bush and the 535 members of Congress?" By Vindu Goel.
January 23 The Boston Globe, "Fed cutes rate, but Recession Worries Persist." By Robert Gavin.
January 23 BusinessWeek, "Stimulus Package to the Rescue." By Dawn Kopecki and Eamon Javers.
January 23 San Jose Mercury News, "Vindu's View: For helping overall economy, Fed's Rate cut trumps rebate." By Vindu Goel.
January 23 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Perdue upbeat on state's economy, but some builders welcome Tuesday's rate cut." By Michael E. Kanell. Bill Torpy and James Salzer.
January 20 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Air mergers produce far-reaching effects: Companies attempts to mesh ripple through Wall Street, worriers, flying public." By Michael E. Kanell.
January 19 Guardian.co.uk (UK), "Unity on U.S. stimulus will not forestall argument." By Glenn Somerville.
January 19 Reuters, "Unity on U.S. stimulus will not forestall argument." By Glenn Somerville.
January 17 Women's Wear Daily, "Recession Concerns Permeate Political Scene." By Kristi Ellis, with contributions by Jeanine Poggi
January 16 Austin American-Statesman, "Isakson: Delta CEO committed to Atlanta." By Jim Tharpe and Russell Grantham.
January 16 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Mega-airline on horizon? Isakson says Delta remains committed to Atlanta HQ." By Jim Tharpe and Russell Grantham.
January 5 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Even More Ominous signs show up in the fine print." By Michael E. Kanell.