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“Are Things Really that Bad?”
GIC27th Annual Monetary and
Trade ConferenceApril 2009
Dr. Robert A. EisenbeisChief Monetary Economist
Cumberland Advisors
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Introduction and Outline of Talk
• Press would have you believe that we are on the brink of another Great Depression
• How do we compare with previous recessions?• How do we compare with the Great Depression?
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• Real GDP• Personal Consumption• Corporate Profits• Investment• Employment
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• Real GDP
• Personal Consumption• Corporate Profits• Investment• Employment
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• Real GDP• Personal Consumption
• Corporate Profits• Investment• Employment
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• Real GDP• Personal Consumption• Corporate Profits
• Investment• Employment
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• Real GDP• Personal Consumption• Corporate Profits• Investment
• Employment
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