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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 28 > The recessions of old vs. today

The recessions of old vs. today

Longtime Bend businessmen put the area’s troubled economy in historical context. The verdict? It’s bad - but it’s been worse

By Jeff McDonald / The Bulletin
December 28, 2008

The current recession is bad and likely to get worse, but it’s not as bad as the one that enveloped Central Oregon in the early 1980s, which in turn wasn’t as bad as the one that hit the region in the early 1970s, said Bill Smith, a longtime developer in the region.

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