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This just gave me a laugh.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25083.html#ixzz0LdCAxFTz

Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.

The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.

Searches for the term were up four-fold when the recession deepened in the earlier part of the year, and the recent shift goes to show consumer confidence is higher, Summers told the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

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Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.
The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.
Searches for the term were up four-fold when the recession deepened in the earlier part of the year, and the recent shift goes to show consumer confidence is higher, Summers told the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

 



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Or everyone already knows we're in an economic depression... ha.



The rise of Bing am confirmed?



The amount of searches are down, because people can't afford to get online in the first place.



Or because they've moved on to other topics like 'how to save my financial ass.com'



Tease.

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I hear Michael is not dead anymore, as that is not searched as much as it was last week.



Very ridiculous.



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google is ALL POWERFUL!!!! WATCH OUT INCOMING DECEPTICONS!!!! OR IS IT NEOCONS!!! AHHHH