As events turned out, Stiglitz was wrong on everything: growth rates, borrowing rates, stock prices, etc.

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All shopping channels work from the same database of products, prices, promotions, etc.

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Typically, this means customers get more and more information about your prices, quality, etc. through Google and mobile apps like Red Laser.

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Kayak is a leading travel search company and, due to the discretionary nature of leisure travel, its growth is directly related to macroeconomic conditions such as employment levels, inflation rates, fuel prices, forex rates, etc.

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Hoarding money will continue until there is tangible solid evidence that growth is sustainable (we are seeing some signs -- consumer confidence, house prices, housing starts, durable numbers etc -- but it is still tentative).

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Put aside the fact that every nation in the world would love to have our "problems"--record stock prices, economic growth averaging more than 3% since the recession, etc.

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To re-value the indicators of use of GDP at constant prices, relevant price indices (consumer price index, capital investments price index, etc.) and physical indicators were applied.

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Each day since the announcement news outlets carry several stories about new regulations, falling prices, dangers of speculation, concerned government officials, progress on allocating affordable housing, etc.

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Food and energy, driven by (notoriously volatile) commodity prices, can experience short-lived supply disruptions tied to weather, geopolitics, technology failures, etc.

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