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The silver linings of a recession
Economist ^

Posted on 07/28/2022 7:19:55 AM PDT by MNDude

Lower inflation and greener energy are worth the price of a short downturn.

Inflation has caused consumer confidence to plunge, but when asked about their personal finances rather than the whole economy, people are much cheerier. America’s disappointing gdp figures do not tally with other measures of output or employers’ growing payrolls. Manufacturing surveys register their weakest results since the early days of the pandemic, but that may be because consumers are still rebalancing their spending after the worst phase of the pandemic (there is less buying of home-gym equipment, but more queuing in airports). Even China’s slowdown could help Europe narrowly, by reducing global demand for liquefied natural gas.

(Excerpt) Read more at economist.com ...


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1 posted on 07/28/2022 7:19:55 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: MNDude

And right on cue. The “Economist”


2 posted on 07/28/2022 7:22:22 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ( Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law the left understands)
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To: MNDude
The silver linings of a recession

Yeah, maybe The Economist will fold, the building be used for a Recycle Center, the employees will starve and be reduced to begging on the street.

3 posted on 07/28/2022 7:24:18 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: MNDude

The only silver lining is that the public will realize what a scam the Democrats are foisting on them.


4 posted on 07/28/2022 7:25:09 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I really hate these experts who control our media that just constantly lie to us. We are in a communist controlled USSA now folks. This is communism. Complete disinformation. They’re lying. We know they’re lying. They know we know they’re lying. They lie anyway and their lies are the “official” narrative.


5 posted on 07/28/2022 7:26:26 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: MNDude

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/russia-e2-80-99s-supply-of-gas-to-europe-drops-to-just-20-25-disrupting-storage-plans-for-winter/ar-AA101ti2

Winter will be here quick. When Europe is only getting 20-25% of what they need, things won’t look good for them regardless of what China does.

Even China’s slowdown could help Europe narrowly, by reducing global demand for liquefied natural gas....so, one country’s demand for it, will help another continents. If things are slowing down in China, then they’re slowing down everywhere.

So, one’s liberal economics professor in college couldn’t hack the business world so they become a college professor. And if you can’t cut it as a college professor you try your hand at writing for something like the Economist or financial writer for Yahoo News or something?


6 posted on 07/28/2022 7:26:45 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: A_Former_Democrat

After a nuclear war, the Economist would write: “On the good side, at least everyone now has a great suntan!”


7 posted on 07/28/2022 7:29:07 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: MNDude

Lower inflation? We’re just getting started on higher inflation. GDP may recover by the end of the year, but it will only happen because of massive government spending. Green crap? Go sell crazy some place else.


8 posted on 07/28/2022 7:29:16 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: MNDude

I dropped my Economist subscription about 20 years ago when they started touting carbon credits. Apparently going ever further downhill.


9 posted on 07/28/2022 7:33:29 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: MNDude

The only silver lining I see is that more people will learn to hate Brandon and the other democRATS.


10 posted on 07/28/2022 7:33:45 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Fox News is CNN-Lite)
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To: Navy Patriot

You gotta love liberals. If it is under their watch, recessions are good for the environment, inflation screws over the evil lenders, unemployment gives people the chance to discover the artist within. Of course, it’s a different story under Republicans.


11 posted on 07/28/2022 7:34:00 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: Fido969

The Scam of the CENTURY.
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That’s sugar coating it.


12 posted on 07/28/2022 7:35:56 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: MNDude
when asked about their personal finances rather than the whole economy, people are much cheerier

CHEERY ABOUT LOSING FROM 10-20% OF YOUR RETIREMENT 401K? I call BS.

13 posted on 07/28/2022 7:36:00 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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but when asked about their personal finances ......people are much cheerier.

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Do they really think people will beleive this ?

SMDH.


14 posted on 07/28/2022 7:37:56 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: ConservativeInPA

Not a one of us could spend and spend beyond our means. This nation is in more debt then we were after any war. These mouth
pieces in DC and the media are liars. This country has been turned in socialism starting with Obama.


15 posted on 07/28/2022 7:39:11 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: MNDude

At least the border is secure.


16 posted on 07/28/2022 7:39:45 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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At least the border is secure.

And you can take comfort that if you got the vaccine, you won't get Covid.

17 posted on 07/28/2022 7:40:38 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: MNDude

Wow!!

Outright Gaslighting. The pandemic recovery has stalled, people aren’t back to work. Manufacturing is still lower than pre-pandemic. Green hasn’t changed anything for the average person, poor or middle class, except make their lives harder and choices more limited.

As more information comes in that the ‘Science’ behind global warming relied on bad sensor data, and what global warming we have had may be do to ‘clean air act’ rather than ‘green technologies’ (and I use the green with the understanding that the alternatives used may be more dangerous to the environment that current fossil fuel use) we have to wonder if it’s really worth it.


18 posted on 07/28/2022 7:44:17 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: fhayek
Interestingly, I have tried to convince every artist I have met, that artists need a Culture and Economy with a prosperous Middle Class, (that Middle Class having sufficient Discretionary Disposable Income) to thrive as an artist on the merits of their work.

Almost none of them can grasp the Economic Principle I am talking about, but they do think the Government should buy their art, ... for big bucks.

19 posted on 07/28/2022 7:47:31 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: MNDude

The silver lining of a recession is a lot of young socialists will begin to experience real world problems and find out the world isn’t all rainbows.

Maybe some of the college brats will get their allowances cut.


20 posted on 07/28/2022 7:48:32 AM PDT by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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