The stock market has lost more than 5,000 points off of its 2007 high. Unemployment has spiked to 6.7 percent and appears to be climbing. The state has a budget deficit that would gag a yak. And the only bright spot — the decline in gas and oil prices — might be part of a deflationary spiral.
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