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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. Bernanke : Many of you have valid concerns about inflation.

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Consultant Ninja: "Future Demand Borrowing": Management.

Consultant Ninja

This indication should signal, pent up demand to return to the market to take advantage of favorable pricing and financing. Also, existing home inventories, new home construction, and a diminished salable credit pool should keep prices down for quite some time. Productivity. (6). I guess we will just have to wait and see.

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Spain on Track to Meet Budget Targets Says Economy Minister; Data Strongly Suggests Otherwise

MishTalk

After the financial crisis burst Spain’s construction bubble in 2008, “no doubt 2014 will be the first year when Spain will have some recovery,” the minister said. percent of gross domestic product — rather than the initial target of 4.5 Mr. de Guindos said he expected Spain’s deficit to fall to the new target of 6.5

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. 30/F, One International Finance Centre. Booz, Booz & Co broke away from Booz Allen Hamilton in 2008. Tel: +852 2868 0014. Applied Value has offices in Stockholm, Shanghai, New York, London, Hong Kong, Detroit, and Boston. Website: www.atkearney.com.

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Deflation Will Return: Europe First, Then US; Global Supply Arbitrage

MishTalk

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. The earth movers digging out a sandy pit in the beach town of Biarritz could be any construction site in France. A 3 billion-yuan ($496 million) Chinese trust product is on the verge of collapse.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business

Tobacco production, the country’s main foreign exchange earner, slumped dramatically between 2000 and 2008.) Consumer-facing businesses : Any company that enters the market offering lifestyle and consumer goods products could benefit from demand that has been unmet for years.

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

Productivity growth in advanced economies has been on a declining trend since well before the onset of the financial crisis, and the workforce is already shrinking in several countries as the population ages. The drop in construction spending is a necessary correction of previous overinvestment and is unlikely to be entirely reversed.