It is rather encouraging that the Fed is pointing toward a pause after the May hike. A lot of us were getting concerned that the hikes would continue into June and August. And one of the problems is that what the Fed does now affects the economy a year from now.
It looks sort of in line with expectations, with some strength -- for example a rebound in communications and machinery, but also some disturbing continued weakness in the computer sector.
It was one of the worst days in U.S. financial history, and he dealt with the repercussions very well.
It's Newton's law of currency: Any overvaluation will be followed by undervaluation.
It's not leaking into the core inflation rate as it did back in the 1970s.
It's the '90s all over again. New technology, it's exciting, people think it's going to the sky, and people are paying accordingly.
My guess is things will cool abruptly; the question is do they do it by June 29.
Natural gas is definitely a problem. If we have a mild to normal winter, we are OK. But if we have a colder winter than normal, we just don't have enough natural gas.
Other than autos, the rest of consumer spending is doing OK.
People see energy prices going up and they get a little worried about what they can afford to spend money on.
Politically, I wouldn't raise rates on the 20th. Raising rates when you are trying to recover from a disaster like this is sending the wrong message.
Somebody was going to have to slow the (U.S.) economy down and Asia is now doing the Fed's work for it.
Somebody was going to have to slow the (U.S.) economy down and Asia is now doing the Fed's work for it.
That's what people say but probably not what they do.
The bottom line is that we had a very strong quarter of growth.
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