Research Finds Link Between Inflation and Laughter In Federal Reserve Meetings 144
schliz writes "A one percentage point increase in an inflation forecast brings about a 75% rise in laughter, according to an American University PhD student, who studied transcripts of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve. Laughter usually comes in response to witticisms during a meeting at the time of the inflation forecast, and has been shown to be a mechanism for coping with the stress of a perceived threat."
Banks rushing... (Score:5, Funny)
Banks are now rushing to plant stand-up comics on the reserve board so they can game on metric they haven't been able to before.
In other news, concept of "causation" completely lost on those making the most important decisions affecting the world economy.
Appropriate Image macro ... (Score:2, Funny)
http://wheresthefridge.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/thumbs_we_told_them_the_wealth_would_trickle_down.jpg [wordpress.com]
It saves time (Score:4, Funny)
It's pretty easy to laugh all the way to the bank when you're already there.
Re:So? (Score:4, Funny)
There is good inflation and bad inflation. ...
We are having low inflation now...
Spoken like a true Keynesian.