Originally posted as a comment on Daily Kos.

University of Michigan: Still feels like a recession, but slow recovery will pick up

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-While the nation's economy will gain some momentum in the second half of next year, it will take until 2012 before unemployment finally begins to subside, say economists at the University of Michigan.

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Red Orbit: US Birth Rates Affected By Economic Downturn
Posted on: Friday, 27 August 2010, 14:05 CDT

Health officials said Friday that the economy may be causing some women to think twice about having children as the birth rate in 2009 declined for the second year in a row.

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