Does this mean that the US is headed for a new normal, rather than a reversion to pre crisis conditions?

We just don t know yet whether the crisis will cause another reversion to the mean, but some downward adjustment looks likely.

Indeed, terms of trade do not have much of a long term trend and show very pronounced reversion to the mean.

At the same time, renewed violent incursions into northern Iraq in pursuit of alleged guerillas suggest a reversion to hardline anti Kurdish policies.

One can think of periodic systemic risk as an inherent tendency toward reversion to the mean short and medium term returns can deviate considerably and for extended periods from the expected long run returns associated with various investment strategies and capabilities.

As there will need to be a seamless disclosure policy between the period when the Office of the Independent Inquiry Committee manages the archive and its subsequent reversion to United Nations control, the quick conclusion of the discussions between the United Nations and the Committee on an information disclosure and document retention policy is now imperative.