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BobTheSubgenius

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28. It was a recession both clouded by the pandemic, and "excused by it."

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat May 8, 2021, 12:46 PM

May 2021

The big dip (crater?) in employment and the overall economy, if not expected, sure should have been. And no one questioned why things were slipping so badly. But that "grace period" will be behind us soon, and scrutiny and accountability will be at a near all-time high...if there was a way to quantify that.

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