Comments on: NOW Are We In Recession? http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/now-are-we-in-recession/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:00:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: BG http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/now-are-we-in-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-125953 BG Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:48:20 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=8883#comment-125953 I heard Kudlow state he had been calling for a recession since last Winter! HaHa! Now that is hilarious! I think the guy is loosing it! He was talking this Goldilocks economy stuff as recent as this past August '08. He would make one hellava used car salesman if no one shot him! I heard Kudlow state he had been calling for a recession since last Winter! HaHa! Now that is hilarious! I think the guy is loosing it! He was talking this Goldilocks economy stuff as recent as this past August ‘08.

He would make one hellava used car salesman if no one shot him!

]]> By: kaleberg http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/now-are-we-in-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-125949 kaleberg Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:34:42 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=8883#comment-125949 They say, "Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. Economists are from the planet Scion in the galaxy Andromeda." They say, “Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. Economists are from the planet Scion in the galaxy Andromeda.”

]]> By: willid3 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/now-are-we-in-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-125676 willid3 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:17:13 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=8883#comment-125676 Yup GDP has been cooked for so long. I seem to recall last year some economists were advocating including what essentially was GDP from foreign countries to US GDP. And maybe they did with out making an announcement? wouldn't surprise me. Yup GDP has been cooked for so long. I seem to recall last year some economists were advocating including what essentially was GDP from foreign countries to US GDP. And maybe they did with out making an announcement? wouldn’t surprise me.

]]> By: Allen http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/now-are-we-in-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-125668 Allen Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:30:37 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=8883#comment-125668 Hmmm. All of the major indicators say the US has been in a recession for some time, except GDP numbers. Gee, maybe the reason GDP numbers are so out of synch is that they are cooked -- all of that hedonics stuff, et al. Hmmm. All of the major indicators say the US has been in a recession for some time, except GDP numbers. Gee, maybe the reason GDP numbers are so out of synch is that they are cooked — all of that hedonics stuff, et al.

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