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Tweet It: Should We Be Rooting for Bad Economic Performance?

Why markets can react so badly to good economic data.

By Matt Koppenheffer and Alison Southwick – Sep 7, 2013 at 12:00PM EST

In this segment of The Motley Fool's finance-focused show, Where the Money Is, Alison Southwick and banking analyst Matt Koppenheffer head to the Twitter-sphere to share some of their favorite tweets of the day. Among the topics covered are the confusing question of whether good economic data is good or bad, and what more babies mean for the economy.


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Matt Koppenheffer
Matt Koppenheffer is the former Head of the Coverage Team at The Motley Fool. He was a full-time Motley Fool employee from 2012-2025 and is a former advisor and analyst for multiple Motley Fool services. Matt's articles and analysis have been published around the world and his views have been cited in worldwide publications from the Financial Times and The New York Times to the Toronto Star and Germany's Focus Money. He has appeared to offer analysis on a variety of outlets including CNBC and NPR. Matt is the co-author of The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global as well as the creator and former co-host of The Motley Fool's Industry Focus podcast.
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