Takeouts: is the recession over? Listeners on budget cuts

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FINANCIAL TAKEOUT: The National Bureau of Economic Research is going to release a statement later today that says that they don’t know when, or even if, our nation’s current recession came to an end. New York Times Wall Street and finance reporter Story Louise Story joins us with more from this Times’ Exclusive.

LISTENERS TAKEOUT: You called in with ideas on how to fix your city or town’s budgetary woes.

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