What recession?

One chunk of the nation has avoided much of the current economic misery: the region from North Dakota to Texas, most of it sparsely populated. This area includes five of the six states that analysts at Economy.com have classified as not yet in recession. And other states in the Rocky Mountain West — from New Mexico to Idaho — are facing relatively mild downturns.

Nicholas Riccardi
Los Angeles Times

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