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Keith Ellison: And you know, the other party got in and they took care of that surplus real quick. But the 2001 recession dipped us…

On the recordFebruary 10, 2009
And you know, the other party got in and they took care of that surplus real quick. But the 2001 recession dipped us down. We lost the volume job loss relative to the peak month. This is way down. Now, the current recession is off the chart. That is the green line. Pow. We are not even measuring how far down. We don't know how far down we are going to go.
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Keith Ellison
Minnesota

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Discussing the impact of economic recessions on job loss.

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