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Report: Massachusetts in Recession

The global financial crisis is now reverberating at the state level. A new University of Massachusetts report says the less than one percent growth rate in the state economy last month means the state can be officially considered in a recession, and its likely to remain so for some time to come.

The report was written by Alan Clayton-Matthews, a professor of public policy at UMass-Boston.

This program aired on October 24, 2008. The audio for this program is not available.

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