490 ordspråk av Anthony Chan
Anthony Chan
This week's CPI will seal (the Fed's decision). If we get a number at consensus or a little above, that'll tip it towards a June increase.
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This will be a positive [contribution] to consumer confidence. It's too early to jump up and say things are completely turned around, but for the moment, it buys us more time.
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This will certainly heat up the debate at the central bank,
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This would provide another pillar of support for the view that the economic recovery in the year ahead is likely to be gradual,
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Those are the numbers that confirmed in their minds that we were in recession.
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To the extent that consumer sentiment reacts to movements in the unemployment rate rather than the meager increase in non-farm payrolls, we have to take this ... report as delivering good news to the troops.
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Today, information disperses so fast that we're reacting in nanoseconds to the news,
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Today's comments will go a long way to dispelling the idea that the Fed is in a rush to raise short-term interest rates.
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Today's employment report also has sustainability written all over it.
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Today's Fed rate cut and directive clearly reflects the fact that the Fed is coming to the end of its rainbow and therefore wants to ensure that it still can convince financial markets that it still has further flexibility to do more if it needs to.
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Unfortunately, I don't think it's a job for Alan Greenspan.
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Usually the devil is in the details. With this report, the greatest fear is that details of true labor market conditions will be found over the next couple of months instead of in this report.
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Victor didn't have to struggle as hard, so he's not the type who would take a big risk,
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Wages have stagnated over the past couple of years; employers have no incentive to change wages. Eventually we will see incentive packages moving more closely in line with growth in the economy, but it's not going to happen soon.
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We are led to conclude that the current tightening cycle still has further to go.
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