This indicates that the job market is holding together pretty well, |
This is a pay back for the aggressive discounts consumers were offered to buy cars during the summer. |
This is a significant economic event. This is much more substantial than any other natural disaster that the U.S. has experienced. |
This is a similar point in the business cycle to when Greenspan took over the reins of the Fed. And of course he was tested right away with the 1987 stock market crash. |
This is going to keep energy markets on a razor's edge for the rest of the year, |
This issue is a global fault line that will get exposed if all the Asian nations don't allow their currencies to appreciate vis-a-vis the dollar. |
This region is expanding not quite as much as the rest of the country. We will see much less housing activity, especially in the next couple of years. |
This should be a year where the tech market stabilizes but I don't see job growth until 2004. |
This suggests that the economy has largely shrugged off the ill effects of the hurricanes. Christmas will turn out better than expected. |
To stop globalization would be the exact wrong thing to do; we have to embrace what's happening. It's in place and will remain in place. We need to help [unemployed workers], make them better trained and skilled so they can get better jobs. |
Trade is far and away the largest weight on the U.S. economy at present. This is a risky time. |
Ultimately, if you err on the side of being dovish it will only come with more pain from slower growth. The hit to growth would be more substantial from higher inflation than from interest rate hikes. |
We are a very low-cost area in a very high-cost region. Housing values have risen here, but not nearly as much as in other parts of the country. |
We are hemorrhaging red ink and we are likely to continue doing that long into the future. |
We don't get away scot-free, but the underlying economy remains tough and sturdy. |