How the Recession Changed Us - What a difference two years makes.

[mEDITate-OR:
think that things are going right along, normally...
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Well, maybe for you they are.
But for U.S. it would appear, in the Atlantic, that they are not.
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You need to got to the Atlantic article site to see this full size.
Amazing.
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How the Recession Changed Us
- What a difference two years makes.
http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/coma/images/issues/201101/numbers.jpg
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Pouring gas on an economic recovery + Gas prices high - and might get higher = Gasoline prices have climbed 14% in the past year.

[mEDITate-OR:
have that sinking feeling....
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Not only have gas prices - crude & @ pumps -
but they may go a lot higher, soon
China may cause this, literally, all by themselves.
What that will do to U.S. is not exactly known.
But, if what happened last time is any indication
we are in for real economic trouble.
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Pouring gas on an economic recovery
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/21/news/economy/thebuzz/index.htm
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Gas prices high - and might get higher
Gasoline prices have climbed 14% in the past year.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/21/news/economy/thebuzz/index.htm
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Oil's future is in deepwater drilling
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/11/news/economy/oil_drilling_deepwater/index.htm?iid=EL
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Record Low Housing Completions in 2010

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Record Low Housing Completions in 2010
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011/01/record-low-housing-completions-in-2010.html
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China: The new landlord of the U.S. + Foreigners bought more U.S. debt in November + Why China matters

[mEDITate-OR:
remember, with fondness
"There's an old adage,"
"If the bank lends you a thousand dollars, the bank owns you.
But if the bank lends you a million dollars, you own the bank."
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MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES In billions of dollars

HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD
Nov     Oct     Sep     Aug
Country               2010    2010    2010    2010         
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China, Mainland       895.6   906.8   883.5   868.4   

Japan                 877.2   875.0   862.1   833.8    
l Exporters 3/        210.4   213.9   221.5   217.8   
United Kingdom 2/     511.8   478.5   459.8   450.3     
Brazil                184.4   177.6   175.6   165.1     
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/   146.3   133.8   144.7   159.7      
Taiwan                131.1   131.2   130.0   130.2     
Hong Kong             138.9   139.2   135.9   137.8     
Canada                134.7   124.0   114.3   102.7     
Russia                122.5   131.6   128.5   129.0      
Switzerland           100.6   101.3   103.6   106.6      
Germany                60.4    60.1    59.7    58.7      
Luxembourg             81.0    77.5    85.2    78.0       
Thailand               65.7    66.2    64.0    60.9      
eingapore              59.4    63.6    53.9    52.7     
Ireland                42.6    41.4    44.0    42.0    
Korea, South           41.5    41.1    40.4    41.6      
France                 32.6    36.1    35.1    37.8      
India                  40.7    41.1    41.0    39.0       
Egypt                  34.2    34.9    35.0    33.6     
Mexico                 32.7    34.9    37.0    36.2      
Turkey                 28.9    27.6    27.6    29.5     
Norway                 19.7    18.7    18.8    18.2     
Poland                 24.7    26.3    25.9    24.1      
Italy                  20.9    21.0    21.5    20.9      
Colombia               20.9    17.3    16.8    17.0      
Israel                 20.5    17.9    17.6    16.4     
Belgium                15.7    15.7    16.2    34.3      
Malaysia               11.7    11.6    11.5    11.7     
Netherlands            14.7    14.6    15.7    17.7     
Sweden                 14.1    15.0    14.4    15.7      
Chile                  13.6    13.6    13.2    13.2     
Philippines            13.5    12.9    12.9    13.7     
Denmark                12.8    12.5    13.0    12.9      
Australia              11.1    11.8    14.1    11.7     
All Other             159.7   161.1   163.2   165.8   
Grand Total          4346.8  4307.3  4257.1  4204.7   

Of which:
 For. Official       2824.9  2845.9  2811.0  2763.0  
  Treasury Bills      499.2   531.3   495.4   486.9    
T-Bonds & Notes  2325.7  2314.6  2315.6  2276.1   

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G-20: The new global economy

http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/g20/interactive/

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China: The new landlord of the U.S.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/18/news/international/thebuzz/index.htm

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Foreigners bought more U.S. debt in November

http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/18/markets/bondcenter/treasuries/index.htm?iid=EL

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Why China matters

http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/18/news/international/why_china_matters/index.htm?iid=EL

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