[spokeshave]

Despite the small impact the boom has had on the national economy Mary Brainerd, President and CEO of the Class C directors at the Federal Reserve, did see some positives that could help the US.

....so the second largest producer of oil (after Texas) has a "small" impact on the US economy.......

unbelievable

[Smokin' Joe]

unbelievable

All in keeping with the meme that the free market and private enterprise are not the solution to the economic doldrums this country has sailed into.

They're just doing their part. In the meantime, Williams County ND has an unemployment rate of under 2%...and the state of ND has a huge surplus (But the State has a State Bank, too (Bank of North Dakota), and maybe the Fed folks don't want that getting out...)