Another Economic Outlook Index

I came upon another economic outlook index, this one titled “USA TODAY/IHS Global Insight Economic Outlook Index.”  The link is found here: http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/economic-outlook.htm The index is designed to predict real GDP growth and is a composite of 11 indicators. Currently the chart shows a prediction for each month in 2010 up through June.  The June …

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“Bonus For Bernanke?” Commentary

I came across this commentary from Fareed Zakaria on CNN yesterday.  It is titled “Bonus For Bernanke?” : http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/01/31/gps.bernanke.bonus.cnn?iref=allsearch I mildly or strongly disagree with most of the assertions made by Fareed Zakaria in this piece.   The reason that I post it is that it contains a very good, concise representation of ideas from …

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