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To: TimF who wrote (30026)	12/3/2008 2:37:37 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Re: "The National Bureau of Economic Research, sounds like it could be the government body" I am AWARE that N.B.E.R. is a PRIVATE organization of noted economists. That is exactly the reason that most everyone has regarded their word as the 'official' word for decades now: BECAUSE NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVER TRUST A GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY TO BE HONEST ABOUT SUCH AS ASSESSMENT! All around the world governments (who are hardly disinterested observers <G>) lie and fudge and hedge about such things. (Inflation, deficits, recessions... most any bad news.) Which is why trust is placed in this notable group of private economists --- they are non-partisan, and their methodology is standardized.