I find it just odd for all these economists and policy makers to be cheering for all this consumer spending when we're just digging ourselves into a hole. With all the obligations we have ahead, to retirees and to ourselves, we have all the reasons in the world for people to be saving more and be controlling their spending. |
I have no plans to do anything with it ? probably put it in the bank. I'm not going to change my spending habits. |
I look at this as the closing of a window of opportunity to raise rates. If they're more aggressive, they're more likely to have an immediate effect on people's psychology. If they're too aggressive, they can undo that. If they're not aggressive enough, they can't undo that. |
I really don't think we're building inflation. |
I still have my problems with the economy and how strong it's doing, |
I think some of the job growth has been pushed forward. Behind the surface of these very strong reports, there are signs the economy has begun to slow down. |
I think that one of the lessons in history is that if any party has too much control, the danger is that they will go overboard. The challenge for this administration is going to be to keep control of things. |
I think we're going to have a slower recovery, ... There are other things that suggest there are limits to what the Fed can do. |
I would expect the bond is going to do a lot better after this report. You look at this headline (and) it worries you, but then you look at the details in this report and you see what is going on. I think the more people look at this report today, the more they are going to like it, the less they are going to fear it, and the better the bond market is going to do. |
I wouldn't want to tell any big story off these numbers. |
If you look at the Fed's own numbers, |
If you really want to stimulate the economy, you put interest rates down below the inflation rate. The lower the inflation rate goes, the harder it is to get the federal funds rate down below that. |
If you've had a turbulent August/September period, ... It's less likely you're going to get sucker-punched in October. |
Inflation decelerated across a broad spectrum of core CPI areas -- about 40 percent of prices in the core showed declines in their year-over-year growth rate. That's a big proportion, ... The Fed is concerned and has a reason to be concerned. |
Inflation decelerated across a broad spectrum of core CPI areas -- about 40 percent of prices in the core showed declines in their year-over-year growth rate. That's a big proportion. The Fed is concerned and has a reason to be concerned. |