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Searches, News On “Great Depression” Are Ending

By Mark Perry on August 11, 2009 | More Posts By Mark Perry | Author's Website

The chart above (click to enlarge) shows Google Trends for the term “Great Depression” (last 12 months).

This chart shows Google Trends for: “Great Depression” (blue line), “recession” (red line) and “layoffs” (orange line).

MP: After peaking last October, both the Google search volume (top line) and news reference volume (bottom line) have fallen to the lowest levels in a year (see top chart above, click to enlarge).
The bottom chart shows a similar pattern for all three terms/words together: Great Depression, recession and layoffs. I think these Internet traffic patterns confirm that the worst is behind us, and that the exaggerated comparisons of today’s economic conditions to the Great Depression are beginning to wind down.

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