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14 Oct 2010 10:50

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Biz: Cheerful foreclosure numbers: Read at your own depressing risk

  • 930,437 number of properties hit with a foreclosure filing in the third quarter of this year alone
  • 102,134 number of foreclosed homes in September, which, by the way, is an all-time recordĀ source

13 Aug 2010 10:58

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Biz: In our constant effort to depress you, more depressing numbers

  • 0.4% the increase in retail sales in July (a rebound from a few crappy months, but lower than expected)
  • 0.9% the increase in year-on-year consumer prices, a key inflation indicator (that’s really low) source