August 21, 2011. Retrieved online August 22, 2011 from Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES - The Great Recession ended two summers ago. The United States economy has experienced growth, sometimes small growth, but growth just the same. So why are so many people wondering if the country has slid, or is about to slide, back into another recession? With the stock market jumping More »

March 28, 2011. Retrieved online March 28, 2011 from AUTHOR, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES - The slogan for "Jaws 2" teemed with danger: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water." "Poltergeist II" simply, eerily, stated: "They're back." Just as with the monster or killer or blob of space goo from any bad horror flick, we are left wondering if the Great Recession is reall More »

September 25, 2009. Retrieved online October 2, 2009 from GABRIEL VASQUEZ, Las Cruces Bulletin Confidence returning, but recovery still slow "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday, Sept. 15, that the economy is “very likely” out of the worst recession since the 1930s. He also warned that unemployment would remain high for some time to come. Tony Popp, department head and More »

March 27, 2008 by Justin Bannister NMSU News Center Nearly one million homes are in foreclosure. Automobile sales are in the tank. One of the largest banks in the world failed this month. These days just thinking of the economy can make a person feel seasick, but is such a bleak picture really a recession? “Are we in a recession? I don’t know. The answer is, probably,” said Jim Peach, More »