The City of Garden City and Finney County have always planned our growth responsibly, avoiding development in those area...
Now Chairman Bernanke talks about slow performance late last year, you know, the signs of a recession this year.
So that fall-off in the housing market is a key piece of this data. That is the big piece of this data?
So that the stimulus package which put forward toward consumers is one we would hope would go at that particular sector?
Well the definition is two quarters of negative growth is what I have always understood the kind of classic definition o...
You were hesitant to use the word 'recession,' but would you say we are in a recession relative to unemployment rates?
Oh boy. So you are looking at well over 60 percent of the job loss is in the one industry alone, construction?
A wise man.
Ah, thank you. OK, so that that is a reflection of the bigger number of unemployment taking place, rather than that peop...
Today's news that the economy lost 80,000 payroll jobs last month and that the unemployment rate rose to 5.1% is disappo...
You mentioned that the construction industry--when you say on month-to-month, do you see any trend lines on the export o...
So there has been a steady deterioration since about the middle of last year?
I think everybody's key focus has been on the housing market and what we can do to stimulate the housing market.
Do you see any of that reflected in your employment data of either strength or less weakness in employment and export-or...
The overall unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent. Where was that rate a year ago?
What were the other major ones?
OK. And the biggest falloff in employment has been the construction industry?
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