The Fed Releases: The Beige Book, December 1, 2010, Summary of Economic Conditions. And I don’t know what we’d do without them.

"For those that enjoy a good summarizing… The forecast in this December 1, 2020 edition is for continued overall beige-ness, I suppose, with some areas possibly becoming a slightly darker beige while others may favor a somewhat lighter shade of beige by the end of 2011. Besides all that, let me just say that this is the biggest collection of politically expedient clap-trap that I have ever had the displeasure of reading."