Today, there are only about 14 million self - employed borrowers, but studies
indicate sharp growth in the number of nontraditional wage earners in this country.
It says the U.S. economy is weaker than the headline numbers
indicate because the
sharp recession of 2008 - 2009 has thrown seasonal - adjustment factors out of whack and they are inflating the smoothed, annualized
growth numbers for output, employment, income and sales.