48 ordspråk av Charles Lieberman
Charles Lieberman
[Analysts and economists remained uncertain whether Greenspan's latest comments would do more than puzzle investors.] He's treading on very thin ice, ... When the Fed chairman says that the stock market is very expensive, the average investors is not going to be pleased.
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As long as the productivity numbers are very good, the higher wage gains can be offset by higher productivity gains,
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As productivity slows, wage costs tend to rise -- one has an inverse relation to the other.
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But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actually up.
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Everyone's waiting to hear what he has to say.
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Few Fed officials would be willing to prejudge the question, even if they have a personal judgment of how they expect the economy to perform. Rather, they'd prefer to wait for the data to inform them what is required of policy.
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Fundamentally, the economy has not slowed as investors had hoped or the Fed requires. It puts a tightening in August back on the table.
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Had this number been very high, the markets would have been quite confident the Fed would raise rates. The real question is whether they are going to pull the trigger on interest rates again, and my answer is no.
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He's treading on very thin ice. When the Fed chairman says that the stock market is very expensive, the average investors is not going to be pleased.
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I suspect that interest rates must increase considerably more than is currently expected or has been built into forward markets.
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I think part of what has driven the market today are fluctuations in oil and interest rates and the bond market.
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I think there's been a slowdown in economic activity, but I don't think it's been an adequate slowdown and I suspect it might be temporary, ... There isn't a lot of evidence yet to indicate that the economy is slowing notably.
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I think there's been a slowdown in economic activity, but I don't think it's been an adequate slowdown and I suspect it might be temporary. There isn't a lot of evidence yet to indicate that the economy is slowing notably.
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I think we have a recovery under way, ... At this stage of the recovery, the data are often mixed.
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If Japan melts down, it hurts U.S. exports and hurts jobs in the United States,
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