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A Misty Landscape

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From: Community Banker
Date: 20041201
Author:Cope, Debra

Ah, the future. It is, as the great humorist Ambrose Bierce put it, "that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured."

That tongue-in-cheek assessment neatly sums up the optimism that comes with a new year, before the cold, harsh reality called January sets in.

In this issue of Community Banker, we peer out on the misty landscape of 2005. Our goal is to give you a jumpstart in sizing up the new reality. Inside, you will find a succinct overview of how experts in a wide range of fields-from mortgages to credit cards to technology-expect ...

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