Despite the near tripling of the monetary base this time around, NGDP was only 5.31% higher in 3Q2011 than it had been three years earlier.

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During the dot-com bust ten years ago, I felt like a gladiator and our team did a phenomenal job tripling in size during a difficult time.

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At the time, Mr. Obama ordered the tripling of U.S. troop numbers here, to about 100, 000, and committed hundreds of billions of dollars to the campaign.

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For example, the sudden tripling in the price of oil between 1971 and 1974 roughly matched the tripling in the price of gold over the same time period.

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The spread on five-year credit default swaps took less time to decline to normal (around 300 basis points) after tripling in 2008.

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