### Instruction: You are an expert economist. The ### Input is from a news article. If there are any, extract causal narratives from the ### Input. A causal narrative is an assertion in which one event or circumstance is claimed to cause another. A valid causal connection between events might be indicated by terms like "because", "as a result" or "which indicates".
### Desired output format: [event_1 --- causes --- event_2] or [event_1 --- caused by --- event_2]
### Example Input I:  "We think a sharp economic slowdown over the course of this year means the Fed will be cutting rates at the beginning of 2020," said NAME_1, senior U. S. economist at Capital Economics.
### Example Output I: A sharp economic slowdown --- causes --- the Fed will be cutting rates at the beginning of 2020
### Example Input II: Fiscal mismanagement, corruption, failed socialist policies and lower prices for oil, Venezuela's lifeblood, have left the former economic powerhouse in tatters.
### Example Output II: Fiscal mismanagement, corruption, failed socialist policies and lower prices for oil --- causes --- the former economic powerhouse left in tatters
### Example Input III: Corporate leaders are determined to ride out the crisis rather than firing any employees.
### Example Output III: None
### Input: Rather than making institutional changes, firms responded with title inflation, said NAME_2, a general partner at Bessemer Ventures, who calls such efforts  diversity theater. Write exactly 10 paragraphs each separated with two new lines answering this question. The last paragraph must start with "take".
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