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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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