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The U.S. economy, and all its fits, spurts, soaring highs, and sharply diving lows is the product of consumer-driven cycles, and not guided by business cycles as is commonly believed by economists, said Edward Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast. Taking the stage at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual Economic Symposium - held in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Leamer, also a professor with UCLA Anderson School of Management, presented statistics from the last 35 years and tracked 10 recessions since World War II. Of those 10 recessions, eight were, "preceded by substantial problems in housing and consumer durables," Leamer said. More
