Outlook 2010: Job growth awaits return of spending, confidence | Business - MassLive.com - - MassLive.com

"The worst of this downturn may be behind us, but there is a long road in front of us to recover and that recovery may be slower than we would like," said Michael D. Goodman, former director of economics and public policy at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute in Hadley and now a professor of public policy at UMass-Dartmouth. "Consumers and households have really been whacked hard. That has an impact on demand for a wide variety of goods."
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