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Katherine Faherty is a recent graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and is a Dollars & Sense intern. Alejandro Reuss is an economist and historian, and a member of the Dollars & Sense collecti

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Issue 285

Thirty-Five Years of Economic Indicators

For many years, the “Economy in Numbers” department provided current data on standard economic indicators: unemployment, wages, interest rates, and

Katherine Faherty and Alejandro Reuss Nov 1, 2009