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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (45014)	1/9/2009 7:39:25 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217711

The hubristic belief in America that “we don’t have financial crises” is now obviously false, said Mr Rogoff. In fact the authors find that banking crises have been almost as common in rich economies as developing ones (see table). The main results of the research make depressing reading. Downturns that follow a financial crisis are typically long and deep (see table). On average, GDP per person falls by more than 9% from its peak and takes almost two years to reach bottom. The misery in the jobs market tends to last far longer. The unemployment rate increases by an average of seven percentage points after severe meltdowns and reaches a peak almost five years after its rise began. If that gauge is accurate, unemployment in America is set to rise to an alarming rate of 11-12% in coming years. The housing bust is unlikely to end quickly either. House prices take an average of five years to reach their nadir and fall by 36% in real terms. Equities take less time to reach rock bottom but lose more than half of their value by the time they get there. Mr Rogoff fretted that “every time I hear a policymaker say ‘we’re not Japan’, I feel it’s more like Japan.” economist.com