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3rd Weakest

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The Times Union reports:

New York state‘s economy contracted by 4.3 percent in 2009, the third worst performance among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Only Nevada, reeling from the real estate collapse, and Michigan, with its troubled auto industry, fared worse, according to new data on states’ gross domestic product.

The figures were released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Read the rest at: New York’s economy third weakest nationally – Times Union.

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