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Overall, the economy appears likely to continue to expand at a moderate pace over coming quarters. As the inventory of unsold new homes is worked off, the drag from residential investment should wane. Consumer spending appears solid, and business investment seems likely to post moderate gains.
March 28, 2007...By guess who?
I think Bernanke's 0 is a lot bigger than Schiff's. The odds of any one person correctly predicting the future is poor. And this economic cycle is far from over.
China and Australia have agreed to exchange goods directly (as have some other countries), without conversion to US dollars first. This will reduce demand for dollars and bodes poorly for the US dollar as the global reserve currency.