{"id":4422,"date":"2012-05-23T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T04:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2012-05-23T00:33:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T04:33:00","slug":"keen-to-be-heard-brw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/23\/keen-to-be-heard-brw\/","title":{"rendered":"Keen to be heard &#124; BRW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"by_line\"><strong> Nick Gardner<\/strong>: <\/span>In 2008, private debt in the US grew $4.1\u2009trillion but in 2010 shrunk $2.85\u2009trillion as banks decreased their lending as a result of the housing crash. When subtracted from GDP, this fall in debt equated to a 38 per cent reduction in aggregate demand, leading directly to the \u201cgreat recession\u201d and unemployment hitting its highest level in almost 30 years. \u201cThis is what people find so confusing,\u201d says Keen. \u201cWhen you look at GDP numbers in the US, they\u2019re not bad. At the beginning of 2008, US GDP was $14.25\u2009trillion and today it has GDP of $14.75 trillion. That\u2019s stagnant growth but doesn\u2019t explain the enormous depths of the US downturn. It only begins to makes sense when you look at the fall in aggregate demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brw.com.au\/p\/sections\/features\/keen_to_be_heard_ibhMdopX0E8Soh00ql3mPO\">Keen to be heard<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Gardner: In 2008, private debt in the US grew $4.1\u2009trillion but in 2010 shrunk $2.85\u2009trillion as banks decreased their lending as a result of the housing crash. 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