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Are these the same rating agencies that rated collateralized debt obligations in the early 2000s?

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Why yes, yes they are.

I have stated before, economics is an art, not a science.
You can get 10 different economists to come up with 15 different predictions.
Psaki literally said “no economists” have stated that.
She has to have less than zero economic knowledge to make that statement.

There’s the old saying - if all economists were laid end to end, they would never reach a conclusion.

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Yes, considering that she also said the smash and grab thefts were merely another thing caused by the COVID pandemic.

A very peculiar time in economic history when Tech stocks were peaking and capital gains revenues with them, along with incredible corporate spending on Y2K which pushed to salaries of code writers to very high levels.

And we know what happened next.

Anyone who says extra government infrastructure spending in an era of supply and labor shortages will not give price increases is a moron.

Different bill.

Anyone who says any spending bill will “pay for itself” through taxes is a moron.