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Re: proposed economic index number



On 12/1/06, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 12/1/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
>
> > Since I use a PC rather than a Mac, I don't have the ability to cook
> > up these indicators. Doug?
>
> Eh? What could I do that you can't?

Excel for Mac and Excel for the PC default to different date systems. If you cut and paste the historical indicator data from one system to the other, past recessions will appear to have occurred either four years earlier or four years later. Use a PC or a Mac; just don't switch back and forth.

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Sandwichman



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