The importance of good data. We don't have it as bad as we sometimes think :p
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/24/think-u-s-gdp-numbers-are-unreliable-check-out-ghanas/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein
After their Nov 2nd meeting, the Federal Reserve released a statement very similar to that from their last meeting, except for some brighter semantics and worse expectations. The central bank now expects unemployment to remain above 8% into 2013.