By discussing financial markets at such length, Mr Greenspan has created the impression that share-price movements are a yardstick by which to measure monetary policy.

ECONOMIST: From angst to action?

This trend is readily evident in the IAB Internet spending reports for the last three years, where performance based advertising has gained share at the expense of impression based advertising models.

FORBES: Beyond The First Moment Of WOW

The Fed has thereby fostered the impression that it will slash interest rates when share prices fall sharply, but not increase rates when they shoot up.

ECONOMIST: Trapped by the bubble

During the press conference, the impression I received from the joint comments of both AD Smith and Coach Tressel was that Coach Tressel chose not to share information received in April 2010 because he was protecting his players.

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