It's obvious that asset inflation has emerged as a chief policy concern. It complicates the policy picture going forward. |
Katrina's effects are being felt nationally-on the nation's transportation arteries, supply chains, chemical plants, airlines, leisure/hotels, gasoline prices everywhere and retailing. The commercial impact is widespread. |
Maybe we only know when 'you are there' when we get the first financial calamity, which has been part and parcel of every tightening cycle over the past three decades, |
Notwithstanding the fact that the . . . CPI may look scary because of higher oil prices over the next few months, the key will be what the core numbers do, ... And I'm still expecting that they'll be benign. |
Notwithstanding the fact that the . . . CPI may look scary because of higher oil prices over the next few months, the key will be what the core numbers do. And I'm still expecting that they'll be benign. |
One has to wonder how long the consumer can continue to spend at ... dizzying rates without a material improvement in the labor market. |
Out of those five times, the economy fell into recession 100 per cent of the time. |
Over the past three decades, the Fed tightened on eight occasions, five of these saw the yield curve invert, |
Pretty heavy to where the average person would bore pretty quickly. This magazine has none of that. This magazine focuses on faith stories |
So many clients are telling us that we are just plain wrong and there is inflation everywhere. But ... the bulk of these complaints come from folks who have kids in college ... Prices set according to supply and demand are flat or falling for the most part. |
Technology is helping productivity. But right now it's coming at the expense of employment. |
That shows that companies are cutting in other areas to prevent their tech infrastructure from becoming obsolete. |
That will just reinforce the slowdown in consumer spending. |
That's a horse with a track record that we would rather not go against. |
That's a significant statement. We are hedging our bets and don't see a great risk in doing it. |