In early February, Federal Reserve Governor Jeremy Stein said "we are seeing a fairly significant pattern of reaching-for-yield behavior, " or investors buying riskier debt with higher yields.
But historical experiences do yield lessons that convince peoples and their leaders to change their behavior to avoid expected, and undesired, consequences.
But, secondly, it also looks as though this is going to be the first holiday season ever to yield some unambiguous data regarding how digital marketing now impacts consumer behavior.