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European Doldrums

…of what happened during the global financial crisis was consistent with standard international macroeconomics. For example, countries with flexible exchange rates were able to adjust more easily to the shock…

The Taper Tantrum

…different intervals and with opposite sign changes in Stock prices and the dollar Euro exchange rate. The whole graph doesn’t support the idea that anything the FOMC said or did…