[This is] the largest, most liquid market in the world, ... The size of the German bond market is minuscule. It cannot match what you have in the Treasury market. |
A nomination does not mean it will have clear sailing to being listed. What gets listed on the national register, unfortunately, is subject to the will of the governor's office. |
As far as the village is concerned, we'll preserve the status quo based on official county records. |
At this point, with the information in hand I'm still inclined to look for [an interest rate increase of] 25 basis points from the Fed, but we're seeing some numbers start to pop up that lead you to wonder exactly what the Fed may do. It's not inconceivable that they might decide to hold steady at the end of June. |
Capacity utilization was up one tenth and from an inflation perspective we still have ample capacity. |
He will not have the votes on the board to demolish the building, |
Housing is the most vulnerable sector of the economy at this time. |
I am looking for a 25-basis-point increase in the federal funds rate. The primary reason is because the unemployment rate has moved to a low level, and that low unemployment rate is starting to push the growth of wages higher. That is an early warning sign. |
I think it (CPI) faced considerable upside risks, |
I think like many people in the market, they (Fed policy makers) are well aware that the manufacturing sector is soft right now, ... I think it would reinforce in their (the Fed's) minds that aggressive doses of stimulus are needed right now. |
I think like many people in the market, they (Fed policy makers) are well aware that the manufacturing sector is soft right now. I think it would reinforce in their (the Fed's) minds that aggressive doses of stimulus are needed right now. |
I was especially impressed with the new orders index. It rose more than three percentage points and is not far from 50 percent. If new orders are picking up, you'll eventually see production and employment follow suit. |
If you look at the momentum that the economy has had coming into the year 2000 and if you look at the very small effect that tightening has had so far on the economy I think there is a distinct possibility that we could see four tightening moves, all a quarter of a percentage point, |
It shows there is still solid underlying demand for housing and that activity this year, while slowing, is not going to collapse. |
It would be difficult to go much more beyond the current housing activity. It's not troubling that we would see a flattening in home sales and housing starts. |