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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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Consultant Ninja: Booz & Company consultant-ese: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Monday, November 17, 2008. Monday, November 17, 2008. Management Consulting. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Booz & Company consultant-ese.

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Consultant Ninja: The merits of OurBeeswax.com: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Management Consulting. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Wednesday, September 16, 2009. The merits of OurBeeswax.com. Do you use Ourbeeswax.com? at 4:11 PM.

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Consultant Ninja: "Future Demand Borrowing": Management.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Also, existing home inventories, new home construction, and a diminished salable credit pool should keep prices down for quite some time. Management Consulting.

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Damn the Bubbles, More Printing Ahead; Property Bubbles and the Perils of Easy Money

MishTalk

Home prices have soared 60 percent since the government provided 4 trillion yuan of fiscal stimulus in 2008 to bolster the economy after the financial crisis, prompting companies to borrow heavily to speed construction. Home Prices Up 60% Since 2008 Home prices in China rose 60% since 2008.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Job Growth Trends by Type.

MishTalk

Here is an interesting chart by reader Tim Wallace that shows growth on jobs in five distinct job categories: Construction, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Retail, and Government. On Construction Jobs : Construction staffing levels go back to May of 1997. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108).

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6 questions to ask to find out the root cause of under performance in your team

Halo Psych

One of the mistakes I see some managers make, when talking about a team member’s under performance, is to make it personal. In my own experience as a line manager I very rarely found that someone deliberately set out to do their worst and under perform. Is the root cause to do with their relationship with you, their line manager?