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July 17, 2010

The Odds of a Double-Dip Are Very Unlikely

Mark Hulbert, Barron's

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ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT HAS become clear in the debate about whether we will have a double-dip recession is that there is nothing even remotely approaching a consensus on how to define it.

Little wonder, therefore, that there is such widespread disagreement about the likelihood of one happening.

Consider, for starters, one of the most widely used definitions of a double-dip recession: It is quite broad, encompassing any two recessions that are...

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