Word: sooth
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...America does seem to be taking the forecasters at their sooth that things will pick up again by spring - that widely gut-wrenching consumer confidence report last week also contained an uptick in Mr. and Mrs. Public's expectations of economic conditions six months from now. But even six months is a long time to shop on faith, especially when all that waits on the other side is more shopping...
...talked 50 points but only walked 25? Would it really change anything, at this point, if they did? Probably not - but it?ll be fun to pretend. Also Thursday: The Philly Fed issues its quarterly survey of professional forecasters. Interesting if your belief in collective economic sooth-saying hasn?t been completely shattered by the events of the last year. (Anyone...
...proposed making a "major investment in conservation by fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund" (a fund under the auspices of the United States Department of Agriculture). Bush also pledged $4.9 billion in resources over five years for the upkeep of national parks, a remark ostensibly designed to sooth critics who feared that Bush would attempt to unravel Clinton's last-minute executive orders involving these "national treasures...