Congressman Barney Frank speaks with Emily Rooney, host and executive editor of Greater Boston, to unravel the factors that led to Barack Obama’s victory in the historic 2008 election — and then look forward to its impact on the coming years for our nation – Ford Hall Forum
Nov 13th, 2008
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you can mention will also be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. —John Kenneth Galbraith
Retail Sales in Jan rose .4% headline m/o/m, .7% ex auto's, .6% ex auto's and gasoline and .7% at the core. The headline figure was less than expected while the rest were slightly better. But, with respect to non headline sales, because Dec figures were revised lower, taking the two months together were about in line with forecasts overall. Sales rose in electronics, building materials, food/beverages, clothing, sporting goods, dept stores and restaurant/bars and fell interestingly for online retailers, health/personal care, furniture and motor vehicle/parts. Bottom line, headline sales were below expectations due to the greater than expected fall m/o/m...
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February 1st, 2009 at 12:55 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahaha
This coming from the dude who was supposed to be overseeing Fannie and Freddie. Best joke of the week Barry. Keep ‘em coming!
February 1st, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Like laissez faire, you could say “proper regulation does work — it’s just not been tried lately”.