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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. percentage point to GDP growth in 2008 and 0.3

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Is Behavioral Economics Used in Business?

Steve Shu Consulting

” Broad conscious, concerted efforts to apply behavioral economics probably did not begin until sometime after 2008 with the release of Thaler and Sunstein’s book, Nudge. Back in 2010, I was part of a team that started one of the early behavioral finance centers with one of the investment manufacturing firms in the United States.

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Are Your Values Worth the Paper They’re Printed On?

Markovitz Consulting

When the firm lost 30% of its orders overnight in 2008, the CEO asked everyone to take a month off without pay, rather than laying off one-third of the workforce. The company also suspended 401(k) contributions during the recession—but then gave back those contributions that they missed in 2009 and 2010 when the economy recovered.

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An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013

MishTalk

2010-03-12 - Mish with Marc Faber. 2010-02-12 Max Keiser. December 2010 (122). November 2010 (122). October 2010 (91). September 2010 (95). August 2010 (102). July 2010 (108). June 2010 (97). May 2010 (130). April 2010 (115). March 2010 (107). February 2010 (118).

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Ominous Looking Picture in Healthcare and Education Jobs

MishTalk

2008-01-01 35.1 2008-02-01 28.0 2008-03-01 30.6 2008-04-01 35.6 2008-05-01 26.2 2008-06-01 24.9 2008-07-01 31.1 2008-08-01 22.2 2008-09-01 13.4 2008-10-01 19.2 2008-11-01 27.8 2008-12-01 23.3 2010-01-01 15.8 2010-02-01 16.0 2010-03-01 32.8

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Former ECB Chief.

MishTalk

2010-03-12 - Mish with Marc Faber. 2010-02-12 Max Keiser. December 2010 (122). November 2010 (122). October 2010 (91). September 2010 (95). August 2010 (102). July 2010 (108). June 2010 (97). May 2010 (130). April 2010 (115). March 2010 (107). February 2010 (118).

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Police Investigate 'United.

MishTalk

2010-03-12 - Mish with Marc Faber. 2010-02-12 Max Keiser. December 2010 (122). November 2010 (122). October 2010 (91). September 2010 (95). August 2010 (102). July 2010 (108). June 2010 (97). May 2010 (130). April 2010 (115). March 2010 (107). February 2010 (118).