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Hurricane Sandy's silver lining: “While natural disasters take a large initial toll on the...

  • Monday, October 29, 2012, 5:45 PM ET
    Hurricane Sandy's silver lining: “While natural disasters take a large initial toll on the economy, they usually generate some extra activity afterward,” Moody's Analytics says, expecting lost output this week to be made up in subsequent weeks and minimizing the effect on Q4 GDP. But the impact is generally spread out over multiple quarters, RBC Capital reminds.
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  • The real silver lining is that hopefully confused voters stay home since the confused ones are usually dems, undecideds and hopeychangers.

    Dem's uh... duh... butterfly ballotz.. uh... der... or Imuh dissinFRANSHIZED!
    29 Oct 2012, 05:54 PM Reply Like
  • Looks like a couple more analysts have not yet heard of the "broken window fallacy".
    If such productivity were "silver lining", vandalism would be a revered pastime.
    On the other hand, look for insurance companies to hike premiums and have great earnings over the next year.
    29 Oct 2012, 06:28 PM Reply Like
  • On the Left, debunked and discredited theories never go out of style or else there'd be no Left left.
    30 Oct 2012, 06:46 AM Reply Like
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