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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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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

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In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. I had never heard of a retail business with such high profit margins. but was still profitable!

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Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5% Here are some retail sales comments from Bloomberg to help put things into perspective.

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What Big Consumer Brands Can Do to Compete in a Digital Economy

Harvard Business

No industry is failing faster than retail. Just last month, the 125-year-old Sears—once the world’s largest retailer— filed for bankruptcy. That’s why P&G has been restructuring for 20 years “ without much to show for it ,” according to one former finance manager. Price competition hurts.

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272000 Full-Time Jobs Lost - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Employment rose in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade, health care, and financial activities. Private average weekly hours of production and non-supervisory workers were flat at 33.7 December 2008 (85). July 2008 (104).

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Paying Skilled Workers More Would Create More Skilled Workers

Harvard Business

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, there was a lively debate among policy makers and academics about whether a similar gap “ between the skills workers have and the skills businesses say they need ” contributed to the increase in unemployment. The labor force adjusted to a new technology replacing an older one.

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

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Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. Retail Sales Cost-Cutting, Competition, and Cannibalization Numerous retailers are cutting employees. A 3 billion-yuan ($496 million) Chinese trust product is on the verge of collapse.

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