Tuesday, June 23, 2009

US Wealth May Take 15 Years to Rebound

June 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. households may take as long as 15 years to rebuild wealth lost in the recession, said Columbia University professor Edmund Phelps, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2006.

“The only way we’re going to get a healthy, full recovery is over a long period of time, involving households rebuilding their balance sheets and companies in trouble rebalancing their balance sheets,” Phelps said in an interview today with Bloomberg Television. “There’s no silver bullet that’s going to get us into good shape quickly.” (more)

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