... but well into recession territory. "We see nothing to suggest claims are near their peak," Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, wrote in a research note. "The trend is still strongly upwards." Economists consider ...

... before the economy begins to rebound next summer. Other economists are even more pessimistic. Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR Inc., said he did not see the GDP turning positive until 2010. "There were just so many excesses that ...

... are not getting more stuff," said Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at Global Insight, a forecasting company in Lexington ... will be hard to sustain, said Roger Kubarych, chief U.S. economist at New York-based UniCredit Global ...

... unimaginable over the summer, when gasoline soared past $4 a gallon. "Inflation has peaked," said Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, predicting huge declines in inflation readings. But the paychecks Americans use ...

... which clearly caused them to be anxious about the future and their current situation," said Dan Laufenberg, chief U.S. economist at American Express Financial Advisors in Minneapolis. Despite the news, stocks were lower. The Dow Jones average ...

... works, which increase the risks of mistakes, and he has not been tested in a crisis," said William C. Dudley, chief U.S. economist for Goldman Sachs U.S. Economics Research. Greenspan, by contrast, spent several decades running his own ...