He had a lot of courage as a central banker. I give him a lot of credit. |
I'm dubious that the boost in corporate profitability from outsourcing has contributed much to creating new jobs. |
Most of the population, they are not realizing real income gains. |
That's not going to happen this time. We've got hundreds of thousands of people who had jobs who had to flee who don't have a job now or a place to live. There are wide areas where nobody is going to be able to live or work. |
There are plenty of people who'd be better suited to that open seat than someone who was a lawyer, a mergers-and- acquisitions specialist and an NEC adviser. |
These are my people. I want to get back to New Orleans when I can, but for now, I'm helping those who are here. |
Until we can reach and sustain job growth of at least 150,000 every month, there will be growing slack in the job market. And until that happens, we are unlikely to see the kind of healthy wage and income growth that can sustain a strong recovery. |
We can sustain the expansion. |
We can sustain the expansion. Come January and February, people are going to get hammered with huge heating bills. But once they get past that, they'll be O.K. I have no beef with a forecast of 3.5 percent GDP growth next year. |
We don't build stairs here. Everything in New Orleans is up off the ground with stairs, but here everything is built on a cement slab. |
We're all satisfied and glad he's going back. |