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Slowed but Not Stalled
There was an epic real estate bust, and it spurred a financial crisis so profound that it dragged down the entire U.S. economy. The Washington area felt it more than most, shedding jobs at more than twice the pace of the nation as a whole.-
By Neil Irwin