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In reply to the discussion: Historically speaking , is this a quick recovery ? [View all]mikekohr
(2,312 posts)26. Here is a graph that compares depth of recession/depression and recovery time
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This length of this recovery is consistant to the depth of the recession and historically comparable to others, including its closest in depth, the Hoover gifted Great Depression. We lost over 8 million jobs in George W. Bush's Great Recession/Depression. It will take time to bring those jobs back.
The greatest monthly job creation of all time occured under the economic policies of Wild Bill Clinton, +236,000 per month. It would take nearly 3 years of similar record job growth just to backfill the gaping hole Bush left President Obama. But unlike President Clinton, President Obama also inherited a staggering GDP collapse of over 9%, record national deficits and debt, two wars, and state and local governmental layoffs that have accounted for over 671,000 lost jobs since 8/2008.
Bush's Great Recession may not have been technically a "Depression," but it was close and the closest thing we have seen since 1929.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mHSyEv8vBt4/S6Z6xo0qSnI/AAAAAAAAACY/p8SkoEnN5dw/s640/job+creation+by+president.jpg?
http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/p/job-growth.html
This length of this recovery is consistant to the depth of the recession and historically comparable to others, including its closest in depth, the Hoover gifted Great Depression. We lost over 8 million jobs in George W. Bush's Great Recession/Depression. It will take time to bring those jobs back.
The greatest monthly job creation of all time occured under the economic policies of Wild Bill Clinton, +236,000 per month. It would take nearly 3 years of similar record job growth just to backfill the gaping hole Bush left President Obama. But unlike President Clinton, President Obama also inherited a staggering GDP collapse of over 9%, record national deficits and debt, two wars, and state and local governmental layoffs that have accounted for over 671,000 lost jobs since 8/2008.
Bush's Great Recession may not have been technically a "Depression," but it was close and the closest thing we have seen since 1929.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mHSyEv8vBt4/S6Z6xo0qSnI/AAAAAAAAACY/p8SkoEnN5dw/s640/job+creation+by+president.jpg?
http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/p/job-growth.html
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Virginia hit a record number (900k) people who applied for emergency food aid in november
peacebird
Dec 2011
#3
I do not blame Obama, but I also do not think that we are in any sort of healthy "recovery"
peacebird
Dec 2011
#6
ok, if Obama really wants to be re-elected he needs to keep all those charts & graphs & SHOW
StarsInHerHair
Dec 2011
#38
The George W. Bush Great Recession/Depression was America's 2nd greatest economic downturn
mikekohr
Dec 2011
#22
I think the comparisons of data pre and post Stimulus is the most compelling. nt
JoePhilly
Dec 2011
#34