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Fortune
Jason Ma

'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini is actually upbeat about the economy

Nouriel Roubini smiling (Credit: Gisela Schober—Getty Images)

Economist Nouriel Roubini has been such a doomsayer for so long that he's earned the moniker "Dr. Doom," but he sounded uncharacteristically bullish amid Wall Street's recent panic.

During an interview on Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, he dismissed investors' fears that a downturn is coming and quipped that the stock and bond markets have predicted 10 out of the last three recessions.

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