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    Analysis
    President Barack Obama celebrates with lawmakers after signing into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance bill in March 2010.
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    The Top Moments From A Decade That Reshaped American Politics

    Dec 31, 2019
    A tumultuous decade in politics saw everything from the presidency and reelection of the first black president to the rise of the Tea Party and the improbable election of Donald Trump as president.
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    Threat Of Recession Looms Like A Dark Cloud Over Nevada

    Oct 21, 2019

    Growth in the global economy is stalling. Trade tension with China is at an all-time high. 

    So is a recession near? Many economists say yes. 

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    Home Prices Decline In Las Vegas For First Time Since Recession

    May 28, 2019

    For the first time since the Great Recession, home prices fell last month in Las Vegas. Is the sky next?

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    Profiles Of America In Full Employment
    Courtney Hering, who is getting married next year, is planning a slightly more lavish wedding reception. After seven years at Kohler, she finally feels like she has found a professional home.
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    2-Tiered Wages Under Fire: Workers Challenge Unequal Pay For Equal Work

    May 21, 2019
    For years after the Great Recession, employers were reluctant to boost wages. Now a tight labor market is giving workers the leverage they need to demand a larger slice of the nation's economic pie.
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    The Baby-Less Recovery

    Feb 12, 2019
    In the wake of the Great Recession, the U.S. fertility rate has dipped to a record low. Why hasn't it recovered with the broader economy?
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    Post-Commission, Chris G Will Teach People To Campaign

    Jan 14, 2019

    Chris Giunchigliani mounted one of the toughest Democratic primaries for go

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    Marketplace: The Divided Decade

    Dec 31, 2018

    Ten years ago, the American economy broke.

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    Las Vegas Faces Housing Slump After Comeback From Recession

    Dec 19, 2018

    A Wall Street Journal headline blares, “Las Vegas Housing Weakness Signals t

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    Las Vegans Recall Fear, Uncertainty When Economy Crashed In 2008

    Sep 13, 2018

    The Great Recession wasn't the only economic downturn in Las Vegas this century.

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    It's Been A Decade Since Nevada Fell Into An Economic Abyss

    Sep 12, 2018

    Ten years ago this week, the spectacular death of Lehman Brothers began the financial chaos that preceded the Great Recession.

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    Visual Commentary: Foreclosure City

    Aug 28, 2018

    Remembering 2008 and the scorching effets of the Great Recession.

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    Las Vegas-Area Swimming Pool Builders Rebounding From Recession

    Jul 09, 2018

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Swimming pool builders in the Las Vegas valley are on the rebound after taking a hit when the mid-2000s housing bubble crashed.

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    The Two-Way
    Positive pregnancy tests can also be a positive indicator for the future of the economy, according to new research published by The National Bureau of Economic Research.
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    Pregnancy Rate Might Predict Future Recessions, Researchers Suggest

    Feb 27, 2018
    Conventional wisdom holds that fertility rates go down in response to an economic downturn. But a new study found that conception rates begin to drop before a recession actually begins.
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    Job seekers line up to enter a career fair in Los Angeles, on Dec. 1, 2010. At the peak of the recession, the unemployment rate hit 10 percent. It's now 4.1 percent.
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    Unhappy 10th Anniversary, Great Recession. You Still Hurt Us

    Dec 14, 2017
    The Great Recession began exactly one decade ago this month. Although the economy has been growing steadily for years, the downturn's impact is still deeply felt by millions who lost homes and jobs.
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    The Two-Way
    Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen says the process of unwinding the central bank's massive bond holdings will be gradual.
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    Fed's Unwinding Of Crisis Programs Expected To Push Up Interest Rates Very Gradually

    Sep 20, 2017
    The Federal Reserve in October will begin unwinding the extraordinary stimulus it used to battle the Great Recession. That means that over the long run, rates on car loans and mortgages could go up.
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    Ten Years. Ten Writers. Ten Perspectives. (PART 2: 2012-2016)

    Aug 28, 2017

    The valley took on many guises during the decade that Desert Companion has covered it.

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    House Balloon
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    Ten Years. Ten Writers. Ten Perspectives. (PART 1: 2007-2011)

    Aug 28, 2017

    The valley took on many guises during the decade that Desert Companion has covered it.

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    Have We Already Forgotten The Recession?

    Jun 06, 2017

    In some ways, it still seems like it was just yesterday.

    The Great Recession devastated Nevada.

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    With Foreclosures Still High, Should Nevada Stop A Program That Helps?

    Apr 03, 2017

    The recession hit Nevada hard, lots of people lost jobs, and because of that, they lost their homes.

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    All Tech Considered
    Princeton University Professor Alan Blinder says one reason productivity has been sluggish is because businesses aren't investing enough in better tools for workers.
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    Why Your Facebook Habit At Work Makes Economists Worry

    Sep 05, 2016
    Productivity, a key measure of the economy's health, has been growing more slowly in recent years. Can Facebook and other social media distractions on the job be partly to blame?
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    Around the Nation
    The interior of an RV in the annual RV show in Topeka, Kan.
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    Ready For A Road Trip? RVs Are Rolling Back Into Fashion

    Mar 28, 2016
    More Americans are looking for a second home — on wheels. After crashing hard in the recession, RV sales have rebounded and are on track to approach record levels this year.
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    Business
    Pedestrians are reflected in the glass of a window showing share prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 17. At least five business stories had major impacts in 2015. They involved everything from crashing oil prices to merging beer companies.
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    Arguably, These Are The 5 Business Stories That Shaped 2015

    Dec 27, 2015
    Compared with the Great Recession years, 2015 was a fairly tame time. Still, at least five stories had major impacts. They involved everything from crashing oil prices to merging beer companies.
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    Has Las Vegas Recovered From The Great Recession?

    Oct 13, 2015

    Las Vegas’ economy is supposedly on the mend. Construction, consumer spending and tourism are driving the recovery.

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    Economy
    Michael and Maureen McCabe's neighborhood is full of zombie houses, including the one next door. "We don't know what's going to happen," Michael McCabe says.
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    Ever Since The Great Recession, Zombie Houses Have Haunted New Jersey

    Aug 18, 2015
    Years after the subprime mortgage crisis, New Jersey has the nation's highest rate of zombie homes — abandoned by their former owners but not yet through foreclosure. Some sit vacant for years.
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    The Two-Way
    Irwin Lipkin, one of Bernard Madoff's longest-serving employees, covers his face as he is pushed in a wheelchair leaving U.S. court in New York on Wednesday.
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    Irwin Lipkin, Last Of Madoff Defendants, Gets 6 Months In Prison

    Aug 06, 2015
    The 77-year-old was one of Bernard Madoff's first employees. He pleaded guilty three years ago to knowingly signing false documents, but has insisted that he thought the operation was legitimate.

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