Fed: Primary dealers saw 25% chance of recession by June

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Primary dealers surveyed by the Fed in December saw, on average, a 25% chance that the U.S. economy would enter a recession by June 2012, the Fed reported. The primary dealers’ average estimate for GDP …

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