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U.S. Economy Shrinks In Last Quarter Of '08

by John Ydstie, NPR
January 30, 2009

The economy shrank at a pace of 3.8 percent in the final three months of last year, the worst performance in more than two decades. At the White House, President Barack Obama took note as he was launching a task force to focus on helping the middle class.

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