“Q: “Professor Sargent, can you tell me what CD rates will be in two years?””

—  Thomas J. Sargent

Sargent: “No.”
Thomas J. Sargent in: Ally Bank TV Spot, 'Predictions' Featuring Thomas Sargent http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Lj9/ally-bank-predictions-featuring-thomas-sargent.

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