[Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan] has made it clear that he is concerned with what is happening with the economy's growth right now, and not with what occurred in the first and second quarters, ... That is why the July job numbers will be important. |
[The jobs number] doesn't change the perception that the U.S. economy is working through the slowdown and that it will continue working it out for the rest of the year, |
[The jobs number] doesn't change the perception that the U.S. economy is working through the slowdown and that it will continue working it out for the rest of the year. |
A Bush administration would want to post numbers that look as good as the Clinton-era numbers on the economy. Obviously, a weaker dollar would boost exports and help to stimulate growth. |
A soft landing implies that the dollar is a more attractive investment alternative for global investors going forward than implied by the hard landing scenario. |
A soft-landing economic background is good for the dollar. The dollar has risen strongly since June on the improving economic outlook in the United States. |
A weaker yen is one of the only levers left to pull, and it's being pulled. |
At least the ECB showed that it is still willing to intervene to support the euro, |
At least the ECB showed that it is still willing to intervene to support the euro. |
Billy?s been playing well all summer and I know that his goal will be to make match play. |
But we think there are still some more weak economic data in the pipeline. |
Buying euros and selling yen is a better way to trade the euro recovery story, |
Buying euros and selling yen is a better way to trade the euro recovery story. |
ECB intervention to support the euro is not all that likely. |
Few thought the United States would come in to begin with. |