Bailout

Volcker: "Not time for business as usual"

By Anonymous

?We have another economic problem which is mixed up in this of too much consumption, too much spending relative to our capacity to invest and to export,? [said Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker] ?It?s involved with the financial crisis but in a way it?s more difficult than the financial crisis because it reflects the basic structure of the economy.?
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?It?s likely that economic growth is going to be pretty sluggish for a while.?

Click image for video or click for Bloomberg Video Volcker Says Economy's ?Basic Structure? to Slow Growth December 11 (Source: Bloomberg)

Full post as published by Calculated Risk on December 12, 2009 (boomark / email).