IF,BUT,MAYBE,WHEN IT GETS TO, WAITING FOR
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Trump's Unemployment Tweet
As most economists who follow the unemployment statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics probably know, President Trump broke with a strong tradition by tweeting, over an hour before the official release date, a hint about what the statistics would be. He tweeted: Looking forward to seeing the employment numbers at 8:30 this morning. Many economists were fit to be tied. How dare he do that! My initial reaction was highly negative also. When there's a tradition of not beating the BLS to the punch, a gut conservatism takes hold: why break with tradition when there's no good reason to do so? Trump introduced ... (full story)
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IF,BUT,MAYBE,WHEN IT GETS TO, WAITING FOR
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Humans are naturally hardwired to avoid and detest uncertainty.
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Humans are naturally hardwired to avoid and detest uncertainty.
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...because you never know - until you do!