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How to spot a recovery – the evidence from past recessions

If the recession is to end next year, as is widely expected, past experience suggests that we should already be seeing turning points in leading indicators such as confidence. But with the economic data still worsening, we doubt that the recession will end until well into 2010 and possibly beyond.

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