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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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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance.

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Courage to Act; Reflections on Fed Hubris; What if Whatever it Takes is Not Enough? Fed Troika?

MishTalk

Bernanke again paraded his lack of insight of the Fed’s leading role in causing the 2008 crisis. In 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, Global Finance magazine’s Central Banker Report Card gave Fischer an “A” rating. Bank of Israel was ranked the world’s most efficiently functioning central bank under Fischer’s leadership in 2010.

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Rand Paul Walks Fine Line to Prove He is Not His Dad

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Mick Mulvaney, a close friend of Rand’s who jogs and plays baseball with him, said he believes what most significantly separates the senator from his father is his ability to crisply articulate his ideas in a marketable fashion. December 2008 (85).

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How Multinationals Can Adapt to a Political Mood That Doesn’t Care for Them at All

Harvard Business

The financial crisis of 2008 is often attributed to deregulation and unfettered capitalism. Already, the World Trade Organization reports a rise in protectionist measures by the G20 countries, with 1,583 added since 2008 and only 387 removed. But this ascendancy is under threat. The first, and most obvious, is trade protectionism.

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What You Should Know About Dodd-Frank and What Happens If It’s Rolled Back

Harvard Business

On February 3 President Trump issued an executive order directing the Treasury Department to conduct a sweeping review of financial regulation, including Dodd-Frank , the financial reform bill passed, in 2010, as part of the Obama administration’s response to the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession. Nick Lovegrove.

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