What recovery?

It’s been said before, but it’s worth rubbing in the fact that every economic recovery since Reagan started with small business. The numbers suggest that small business is getting killed. Commercial and industrial loans are still shrinking at the fastest rate on record. I just posted the charts over at the Inner Workings blog. Today’s unexpected drop in new home sales underscores the continuing weakness in the consumer sector.

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