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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

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Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. Ironically, Merkel immediately followed up with " The German government would not tolerate a weakening of German industry or job losses ". Here we are.