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Amid a collection of indicators that seem to give mixed signals, Nevada and the nation continue to rebound from the 2001 recession and the aftermath of Sept. 11, though things still have not fully..[MORE]. October 2002
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The decisions of households and businesses push and pull the economy along a path of expansion and contraction. As such, our indicators, although they have proved useful in the past, may seem to be..[MORE]. September 2002
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Amid sharp declines in stock-market prices, conditions along Main Street USA remain buoyant and show little adversity from Wall Street’s difficulties. Indeed, consumer spending continues to..[MORE]. August 2002
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Current unemployment rates remain higher than year-ago levels. Though down from earlier highs, Nevada’s latest unemployment rate is at 5.5 percent compared with 6.0 percent for the U.S. The..[MORE]. July 2002
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Declining business investment and manufacturing production brought the longest U.S. expansion on record to a close in March 2001. Before 2001 ended, however, the economy showed signs of a rebound...[MORE]. June 2002
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The National Bureau of Economic Research declared in late November 2001 that the U.S. economy peaked in March 2001. Attention quickly turned to discussions of a recession and the likely length of..[MORE]. May 2002
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Is it over? Has the decline come to an end? For some, especially the optimists, the recession has already ended. Wall Street analysts remain generally optimistic. On the other hand, surveys report..[MORE]. April 2002
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Nevada’s economy shows resilience from the events of September 11. A national recession and markedly changed behavior for travel and entertainment, to be sure, leave the Silver State on a..[MORE]. March 2002
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Economic activity slipped in the latest Nevada indicators, clearly showing overall softening since the terrorist attacks of September 11th. The state’s visitor volume dropped by a..[MORE]. February 2002
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The economic fallout from the September 11th terrorist attacks now appears in key data series, revealing both anticipated and unusual changes. Unemployment rates moved upward as anticipated,..[MORE]. January 2002
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