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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

Youll hear more about this over the month or two, as November/December closed sales are published as being way down. Source: NWMLS: Tax Credit Boosts November Closed Sales as Pending Sales Drop Through the Floor. Source: NWMLS: Tax Credit Boosts November Closed Sales as Pending Sales Drop Through the Floor.

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How to Identify and Accelerate the Right Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

In a controlled study involving leaders across different industries, researchers found a significant link between the leader's effectiveness and employee retention, sales, margin, labor costs, and net profit. If the conversation is fair and transparent, there will likely be productive conflict at times. References: Avolio, B.

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Tsunami of Retail Store Closings and Downsizings Coming; Expect Layoffs and Shorter Hours

MishTalk

Due to competition from online retailers like Amazon and dismal holiday sales at Target, J.C. producing same-store sales declines deeper than 3 percent. only a few years after what he called the "fire sale holiday season of 2008." American Eagle will move some of its aerie lingerie locations into its main stores.

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

MishTalk

The earth movers digging out a sandy pit in the beach town of Biarritz could be any construction site in France. The Spanish, fleeing a construction slump and an unemployment rate of 26 percent at home, say they’re just using European Union rules allowing free movement of businesses and workers. “We Wal-Mart, J.C.

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Transforming Today’s Bad Jobs into Tomorrow’s Good Jobs

Harvard Business

Companies that offer good jobs today — with decent wages, predictable schedules, and opportunities for success and growth — do so by combining investment in people with operational choices that increase their employees’ productivity and contributions. We call this approach the Good Jobs Strategy.

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Reality Check: How Fast is China Growing? Global Recession at Hand

MishTalk

Debt matters - $30 Trillion – up $9 trillion since 2008 Debt is 200-300% of GDP counting Shadow Banks. Massive overcapacity in petrochemicals, construction machinery, steel, cement, aluminum, SOEs. Orange and lemon groves turn to useless, vacant housing Property 20% of GDP and tracking negative (sales and pricing).

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