Lost Decade, In Charts

From 2000 through 2010, GDP rose at an average annual rate of just 1.6 percent vs. 3.3 percent from 1980 through 1999. And when the final numbers for 2011 are tallied, growth last year might not have been much better. Even worse, many economists see 2012 and 2013 as just more of the same muddle—subpar growth with high unemployment.