Not bad for a year in which technology stocks plummeted and even energy giant ExxonMobil, with its healthy 2.4% dividend, fell 12%.

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Real wages and incomes have plummeted, even more since the recession was supposedly over.

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The big indexes went nowhere over the last decade, absolutely plummeted in the last few years and now even the 2009 snap-back rally is officially kaput.

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Even his conservative state recoiled, and Jindal's approval ratings plummeted.

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Even by announcing nothing at Jackson Hole, the dollar plummeted and oil caromed higher.

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After all, from 1982 to 1990 the economy boomed at even higher growth rates than it did during the 1990s, and the inflation rate plummeted.

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