Part of the program may include relief for states ... so the drag may not be as large from the state side. You definitely will see some drag from the states, offsetting the stimulus from the federal side, but it won't be enough to totally offset the federal side. |
That could cause the Fed to raise rates faster. |
The Chicago PMI, along with other mixed data we've been getting, points, in my mind, to a turning point, ... But you have to be careful reading too much into this -- it's a survey of 200 firms in the Chicago area with a 50 percent response rate. I think we're at a turning point and will get a rebound, but the strength of that rebound is still in question. |
The Chicago PMI, along with other mixed data we've been getting, points, in my mind, to a turning point. But you have to be careful reading too much into this -- it's a survey of 200 firms in the Chicago area with a 50 percent response rate. I think we're at a turning point and will get a rebound, but the strength of that rebound is still in question. |
The claims have not been low enough to merit cheering, but the direction has been generally positive, and that's the first step. |
The core is up 0.3 percent over the last year, and so there really is no inflation, ... In the first year of recoveries, consumer price inflation tends to fall as it did in the past 40 years. We believe inflation should not be an issue for the foreseeable future. |
The core is up 0.3 percent over the last year, and so there really is no inflation. In the first year of recoveries, consumer price inflation tends to fall as it did in the past 40 years. We believe inflation should not be an issue for the foreseeable future. |
The decline in inventory suggests that production will start to ramp up and should lead to a pick up in growth going forward. |
The reason it has never surfaced - are you sitting down? - is because it doesn't exist! |
These numbers give you pause. The ISM and the fact that jobless claims continue to rise suggest there continues to be job loss. |
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We believe earnings momentum should turn strongly positive by the second quarter, but earnings gains in 2002 are unlikely to come close to reversing the collapse in 2001. |
We're seeing slow but steady improvement in the job market. |
We're talking about the difference between a little below and a little above, but the number is consistent with the view that we're going to see payrolls flat to lower in August. |
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