Sunday, November 9, 2008

NBER's Hall Sees `Conclusive' Evidence of Recession

(Bloomberg) The head of the panel that officially dates U.S. economic cycles said there's no doubt now that a recession is under way following a surge in the unemployment rate to a 14-year high.

``The evidence is more than compelling,'' Robert Hall, the Stanford University economist who leads the National Bureau of Economic Research's business cycle dating committee, said in an interview. ``It's conclusive, in my personal opinion.''

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