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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

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Previously, she worked for the Kentucky General Assembly analyzing state and local government bond issues and tracking the state''s capital construction programs. State and local governments typically use the proceeds from their bond offerings to construct or renovate public buildings and infrastructure.

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Fed Study Shows "Persistent Fed Overoptimism about Economic Growth"; What Will They Do About It?

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Possible explanations for this pattern include missed warning signals about the buildup of imbalances before the crisis, overestimation of the efficacy of monetary policy following a balance-sheet recession, and the natural tendency of forecasters to extrapolate from recent data. Also today, but something I did not comment on, U.S.

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