#220Listening: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreMedium
Dire Predictions
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Perhaps you remember the dire predictions from the analysts. The fall off in housing [blank] to drag down the entire economy. High energy prices put the kibosh on consumer spending. Runaway [blank] was poised to take off. David Wyss is an [blank] at Standard and Poor's. He says in the end none of those things happened in the final [blank] months of last year.
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Perhaps you remember the dire predictions from the analysts. The fall off in housing threatened to drag down the entire economy. High energy prices put the kibosh on consumer spending. Runaway inflation was poised to take off. David Wyss is an economist at Standard and Poor's. He says in the end none of those things happened in the final three months of last year.
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