Reliability of Government Economic Statistics

Sep 25, 2008

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John Williams talked about his assertion that the federal government's manipulation and misreporting of government economic data has led current day problems within the financial services markets, which in turn has led to the federal government assisting those markets. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.
John Williams talked about his assertion that the federal government's manipulation and misreporting of government economic data has led current day problems within the financial services markets, which in turn has led to the federal government assisting those markets. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

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00:00:11 HOST I WANT TO START THE LAST SEGMENT BY SHARING NEWS OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS THAT A CROSSED THE WIRE. ...
00:01:37 GUEST I ANALYZE THE QUALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MEMBERS. I FOUND OUT EARLY ON THAT IF I DID NOT FOLLOW CLOSELY...
00:02:47 HOST I WANT TO GIVE THE VIEWERS THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS. MR. WILLIAMS WRITES A COLUMN ON HIS WEBSITE WITH...
00:03:23 GUEST RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AND IN AN INFLATIONARY RECESSION. THAT IS NOT THE OFFICIAL PITCH TO GET OUT OF WASHINGTON,...
00:04:40 HOST WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCED AN INFLATIONARY RECESSION? SECOND QUESTION, WHAT...
00:04:48 GUEST IF YOU GO BACK OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES, I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT ROUGHLY TWO- THIRDS OF THE RECESSIONS...
00:06:04 HOST WHAT IS YOUR ANALYSIS OF THE PRESCRIPTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHARING THAT IS LOOKING LIKE CONGRESS...
00:06:27 GUEST WE ARE FACING THE GREATEST FINANCIAL CRISIS IN HISTORY THE WORLD, IN TERMS OF ITS MAGNITUDE AND GLOBAL...
00:07:51 HOST SO YOU SUPPORT THE PLAN IN ITS BROAD PARAMETERS?
00:07:55 GUEST I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE CORRECT PLANT, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT I WOULD HAVE COME UP WITH, BUT THE PEOPLE...
00:08:21 HOST YOU TALK, DEMOCRATS LIKE. -- UTAH, A DEMOCRAT LINE. CALLER: THE BANKERS, THE INTERNATIONAL BANKERS,...
00:09:31 HOST BANKS, CALLER. MR. WILLIAMS.
00:09:35 GUEST A NUMBER OF ISSUES RAISED THERE. INDEED, THE FEDERAL RESERVE DOES CREATE MONEY. THE BROADEST MEASURE...
00:10:51 HOST 4 JOHN WILLIAMS, JOINING US IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE IT IS 6:30 IN THE MORNING, BRISTOL, TENN., REPUBLICAN...
00:12:16 HOST COLLAR, WITH APOLOGIES, CLEARLY LOTS OF PERSONAL PAIN IN YOUR FAMILY. I WILL INTERRUPT YOU AT THAT...
00:12:34 GUEST IN A GENERAL SENSE, THE CALLER ACTUALLY IT'S UPON AN AREA THAT IS -- HITS UPON AN AREA THAT IS VERY...
00:14:01 HOST NEXT CALL. CALLER: I'VE VISITED YOUR WEB SITE AND IS EXCELLENT. THE QUOTE FROM EINSTEIN THAT I WILL...
00:16:17 HOST THANK YOU, SIR.
00:16:21 GUEST FIRST, EFFECTIVELY TO THE QUESTION OF MORAL HAZARD, WHAT DO WE BAIL OUT THESE PEOPLE LOVE A BAD INVESTMENT...
00:18:36 HOST NEXT CALLER. CALLER: I HAVE A SOLUTION, AND IT WOULD INVOLVE THE $700 BILLION, AND IF THE/200 MILLION...
00:19:14 GUEST I THINK YOU ARE OFF BY A FACTOR OF A THOUSAND. AT THE COMES OUT TO -- I THINK IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT...
00:20:45 HOST THAT IS ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
00:20:50 GUEST NO, I CANNOT HEAR.
00:20:55 HOST WHILE WE ARE FIXING THAT, I WILL TAKE A PHONE CALL FROM OKLAHOMA CITY. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT MR....
00:22:00 HOST IT IS, JOHN FUND. CALLER: HE SAID IT WAS INSANE. WHAT IS INSANE IS THAT THERE WAS TIME YOU DID NOT...
00:22:21 HOST OKAY, WE WILL GET A RESPONSE FROM JOHN WILLIAMS. HIS FIRST QUESTION WAS WHAT THE ROLE THE REFORM OF...
00:22:38 GUEST OKAY, PROBABLY NOT TOO MUCH. THE CURRENT SITUATION, IN TERMS OF WHAT HAS GONE WRONG IN THE FINANCIAL...
00:23:33 HOST I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT ASKS OF MY LAST GUEST, JOHN GAPPER OF. AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF ENRON,...
00:24:15 GUEST WELL, THE SYSTEM KEPT EVOLVING. WHAT PEOPLE FOUND WAS THAT -- I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DERIVATIVES...
00:26:19 HOST THE CALLERS SECOND QUESTION IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CONCEPT OF RECENT INTEREST RATES? -- FREEZING...
00:26:33 GUEST INTEREST RATES IN THEORY SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE MARKETPLACE. THE FED REGULATES THE SHORT TERM,...
00:27:11 HOST WE ARE SPENDING 45 MINUTES WITH JOHN WILLIAMS, JOINING US FROM SAN FRANCISCO. HE HAS HIS BACHELOR'S...
00:29:38 HOST MAY I GO BACK TO YOUR FIRST COMMENT? WERE YOU BEING EMPHATIC OR IRONIC WHEN YOU SAID THAT WE ARE ...
00:30:05 HOST JUST BASED AYER DESCRIPTION OF YOUR STATE AND COUNTY AND LOCALITY, I WAS WONDERING. MR. WILLIAMS?...
00:30:15 GUEST THE GENTLEMAN IS CORRECT THAT WE ARE NOT FORMALLY IN RECESSION. IT USED TO BE, AND I STILL LOOK AT...
00:31:57 HOST ALAN GREENSPAN'S EARLY WARNING ON FREDDIE MAE AND IF -- FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC?
00:32:05 GUEST HE IS TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE TIMESTHINGS OVER TIME. HE ALSO DID A LOT TO STIMULATE THE PROBLEMS,...
00:34:14 HOST HOUSTON, TEXAS, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU?
00:34:21 HOST FINE, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? CALLER: TWO COMMENTS. I WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOOD TO DO TO PAY THIS...
00:34:34 HOST IT IS $700 BILLION WITHOUT A A B. CALLER: WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE POOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT BUY HOMES?...
00:35:49 HOST WE WOULD LIKE MR. WILLIAMS TO RESPOND TO THE FIRST POINT. SHE DESCRIBED A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE WERE...
00:36:06 GUEST IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THERE IS NO EASY SOLUTION TO THAT. OTHER THAN TO ACTUALLY STIMULATE ECONOMIC...
00:36:51 HOST BUT OUR LAST GUEST TALKED ABOUT THE FACT, AND IF YOU DO SOME SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, THAT DURING...
00:37:41 GUEST 0, I UNDERSTAND THAT. UNLESS YOUR PROGRAM THAT ADEQUATELY COMPENSATES -- YOU HAVE A PROGRAM THAT ADEQUATELY...
00:38:09 HOST NEXT CALLER. CALLER: I'M JUST GLAD TO HEAR MR. WILLIAMS MENTION THE WORD CRIMINAL. THIS IS MY FIRST...
00:39:26 GUEST I'M SURE THAT THERE WILL BE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE EXTENT OF THE PUBLIC IS BEING PUT IN DANGER, VERY...
00:40:06 HOST MARYLAND, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I AGREE, I LIVE IN OUR HOME THAT I CAN AFFORD. THAT SAID, NO ONE MENTIONS...
00:40:47 GUEST THERE IS A FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF DECEMBER THAT SAYS -- A FINANCIAL STATEMENT EVERY DECEMBER SIGNED...
00:41:40 HOST JOHN WILLIAMS, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, TENNESSEE. CALLER: YES, MA'AM. AT A QUESTION...
00:42:11 HOST YES, MA'AM, WHAT IS THE QUESTION? CALLER: I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT DO BETTER ON THE...
00:42:29 GUEST IF YOU LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BANKRUPTCY. IF THE GOVERNMENT LIVE WITHIN...
00:42:51 HOST THE NEXT TIME INDICATORS COME OUT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO AMERICANS TO THINK ABOUT...
00:43:00 GUEST LOOK AT IT VERY CAREFULLY, IF THERE ARE ANY REVISIONS OR SUCH. IT IS THE CPI, THERE MAY BE THREE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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