tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post9107830409477662187..comments2024-03-28T02:46:41.090-05:00Comments on Supply and Demand (in that order): January 30 will be a political and economic milestoneCasey B. Mulliganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317454408275318282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-77552730293364445282009-01-10T23:51:00.000-06:002009-01-10T23:51:00.000-06:00Politicians care about reelection and not GDP. If ...Politicians care about reelection and not GDP. If voters or their relatives or friends are unemployed, the voters will be unhappy with their politicians. They will be unhappy even if GDP growth is positive.<BR/><BR/>If there is GDP growth without employment growth, people will complain about inequalities in income and wealth distributions.Milton Rechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488660316957122768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-26335445955462079562009-01-10T16:58:00.000-06:002009-01-10T16:58:00.000-06:00Ps. They state that "Final GDP figures will be use...Ps. <BR/><BR/>They state that "Final GDP figures will be used for expiry - not the advance or preliminary numbers. Any further revisions made to the final GDP figure released by the BEA will not be considered and will not effect the original expiry."Tinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744296507176750198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-13876373871340226162009-01-10T16:51:00.000-06:002009-01-10T16:51:00.000-06:00One can actually bet on this. On www.intrade.comun...One can actually bet on this. On <BR/>www.intrade.com<BR/>under Financial-<BR/> Economic numbers-<BR/> US Economic Growth by Quarter <BR/><BR/>The odds right now are between 2-4% for positive Q4 growth (very light trading). The same bet can be made by selling short <BR/><BR/><BR/>under Financial-<BR/> Economic numbers-<BR/> US Economy in Recess. 08, <BR/><BR/>which is currently trading at 97%.Tinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744296507176750198noreply@blogger.com