18-month recession ended in June 2009
But joblessness is noted again
The Great Recession officially began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, making the 18-month-long recession the longest since the end of World War II, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Cambridge nonprofit that declares the start and end of such downturns. (Full article: 597 words)
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