That ‘unexpected’ economic news

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Sometimes when I read the news, I chuckle at patterns I see; words or terms that are repeated by news broadcasters or writers. The film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy got a lot of mileage out of mocking these news clichés, such as upon leaping into the Kodiak bear pit at the San Diego Zoo, Burgundy says “I immediately regret this decision,” poking fun at the all-too-common interviewer’s question “did you regret…?”

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