While still very high, the number has dropped 18 percent during the 50 months of the current recovery.

Through the current recovery, which is in its second year, the economy has been firing on just two of four cylinders.

That provided a mighty contribution to growth early in the current recovery.

Consumers are important because their spending has been the backbone of the current economic recovery.

Analysts also criticized the government for not doing enough to reinforce the current recovery.

What will kill the current recovery, if anything does, is a setback for housing.

Despite strong economic growth since last summer, the current recovery started out very slowly and that helps to explain the lack of hiring.

But as economists struggle to make sense of the current recovery, the show may be among the best indicators around.

Ms. Rivers is not impressed with the current economic recovery.

There are also still doubts about the length and depth of the current recovery.