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August 1, 2018

Research

The verdict is in: QE gave us little bang for the buck

MarketWatch

Two prominent academic economists, James Hamilton of University of California San Diego and Kenneth West of the University of Wisconsin, and two leading Wall Street economists, David Greenlaw of Morgan Stanley and Ethan Harris of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, closely monitored market reactions to Fed announcements and other news from QE’s introduction in November 2008 through 2014, when the Fed stopped buying securities.

Higher Education/System

Campus name change a step closer

Eagle Herald

The Marinette County Board of Supervisors by a 29-0 margin approved a recommendation from its Executive Committee and a working group on merging UW-Green Bay with three UW Colleges, UW-Marinette, UW-Manitowoc and UW-Sheboygan.

Crime and safety

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UW-Madison Related

Democrat launches first TV ad in governor’s race

WISC-TV 3

Mitchell promises to raise wages, fight racism and return money that “Walker stole from our schools.” Mitchell spokeswoman Kirsten Allen says he’s referring to a $250 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System in the 2015-17 state budget and an $800 million cut in public school funding in the 2011-13 budget.