Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/19/2011 - 08:50 Federal Reserve Google Monetary Policy
Today, Sandra Pianalto, president of the most irrelevant Fed in the US, the Cleveland one, confirmed why when it comes to economic predictions, one may want to take anything uttered by the rocket scientists at the Fed with a pinch of salt... and why in general anytime an economist speaks it is best to run away. Specifically, in her prepared remarks to whoever it is that is dumb enough to listen, she just said that she expects the US economy to grow by 2% in 2011. Funny, because a simple google search reveals the following glaring headline from those long ago days of June 1, 2011...
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/federal-reserve-prediction-error-rate-33-under-3-months-or-133-annuallized

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