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There is no question that, over time, this would lead to an increase in savings and a little less average growth. |
There was a decline in aggregate hours worked, but that was offset by an increase in productivity. |
There's no excess demand in the economy and it's really healthy economic expansion. |
This is unfolding in a typical, cyclical rebound fashion, where businesses increase production without increasing aggregate hours worked or employment. And the increase in production is a precursor to a pick-up in employment. |
This number may be a touch better than expectations. |
To date, the slowdown in housing hasn't spilled over and negatively affected other sectors. |
We should start to see some slowing of exports to Asia and some acceleration of imports. That should start to show up, and what that constitutes is a widening gap between domestic demand, which will stay strong, and some slowdown in domestic production, |
We should start to see some slowing of exports to Asia and some acceleration of imports. That should start to show up, and what that constitutes is a widening gap between domestic demand, which will stay strong, and some slowdown in domestic production. |
We're going to see that number borrowing from construction employment increases in the coming months, but even if you take out the huge increase in construction, you still have healthy gains throughout all the labor markets, |
We're looking for increases in employment, but because the labor force is growing 1 percent a year, we need 125,000 new jobs per month to stabilize the unemployment rate. We see the unemployment rate drifting slightly higher and lingering higher for the next year. |
We've had members [of the Fed's top policymaking committee] come and go, but it's really been Greenspan's committee. And he has secured persistent, stable, low inflation, |
We've had members [of the Fed's top policymaking committee] come and go, but it's really been Greenspan's committee. And he has secured persistent, stable, low inflation. |
We've seen a clear pickup in consumer spending and housing and now the manufacturing sector. I'd say with a couple more months, businesses will start to gain confidence. |
We've seen data from various sectors showing the economy is beginning to stabilize, |