You're not the only one who's confused about the economy. The experts are baffled, too
CNN
The recovery wasn't supposed to go like this. Wall Street and Main Street alike are suffering from whiplash when it comes to the current state of the US economy.
In their roles as consumers, investors and members of the workforce, ordinary Americans have the sense that the country is at an economic inflection point, but without a clear picture of what happens next, nor how to prepare.
Conventional wisdom is that a recession is characterized by two metrics moving in the opposite direction for a sustained period: Economic output falls, and unemployment rises. That's not what's happening now -- not exactly, anyway.
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