Consumer demand has been very soft for most of 2005 and this has forced retailers across Europe to be extremely cautious in investing in new product on top of existing high inventory levels. |
Despite the increases in fuel and gasoline prices, the overall inflation, or deflation, locally continues to defy logic. |
Even after adjusting for seasonality, the rate has fallen every month since June of last year. |
I think that is what is best for the county, ... I've gotten a lot of letters from businesses and the Vigo County School Corporation. They are all for staying on Eastern time. They would rather be on Central, but want to stay in sync with Indianapolis. I am still in favor of staying with Indianapolis. |
I'm shocked, there's nothing to justify the prices we're paying before Katrina, however there's a little more to justify the prices we're paying now, |
In the mainframe world, contracts state that if I go out and trade my IBM mainframe for one that's twice as fast, then I have to go back to the vendor of the software and pay more money, ... Companies like BMC and CA have done very nicely over the last 10 years, and certainly over the last 5 years, when MIPS growth was just outrageous. |
It is doubtful that it will last, but it may explain the increase in consumer confidence over the period as purchasing power may have increased, at least temporarily. |
One, the oil pipeline is restored. Two, consumers quit buying gas as if there's a gas shortage, |
The addition of this position is consistent with one of our key growth initiatives to invest in and develop talent. |
The categories revealing declines are not surprising, reflecting the discounting by retailers that routinely occurs during the later stages of the holiday season. |
The December value of the LEI injects uncertainty about the middle of 2006. |
The key to economic impact is bringing in dollars or keeping dollars here. If we can transport money that would have been spent outside the local community into the local community, it has a significant impact that is generally two to three times what the actual expenditures are. |
The point comes where there starts to be a disconnect between the attempts to rapidly jack up those prices for faster MIPS and IBM's desire to push the cost of MIPS down, |
There's more people in the workforce, but there's a larger amount [more] working. We're still at an extremely low unemployment rate. |
This is about the future of the rural area for our children and grandchildren. |