The Housing Industry Commercial real-estate fell 7.6% in May 2009 Both dollar volume and transaction count reached record lows The indexes are down 29% from a year ago and 35% from Oct peak In April it dropped 8.6% This makes a two month decline of 16%
Banking Industry More banks have failed in the last couple months than in all of 2008 As of Sept banks and counting have failed
Banking Failures
Automotive Industry
Unemployment Rates form August 2008 & August Alabama 5.2%10.4% California 7.6%12.2% District of Columbia 7.2%11.1% Kentucky 6.7%11.1% Michigan 8.6%15.2% Montana 4.6%6.6%
Unemployment Rates Without Recovery act, and Projected Actual
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