Strip away inventories and the government sector, and private-sector demand really wasn't that strong -- private-sector sales were up just 0.8 percent. We're still in a transition phase and not on a sustainable growth path yet. |
That's over 3 billion more pounds of meat. Exports are likely to go up only 600 million pounds this year. |
That's what we were aiming for, |
That's what we were aiming for. If we win that game, then we are the best team in the Maritimes. |
The city has received numerous complaints about them. Our goal is not to issue citations and tie up the courts. Our hope is they'll comply after we give them notice. |
The city has received numerous complaints over the past year, probably close to 100. |
The facts are the facts, ... The truth never changes. |
The Fed is very much split at this point. That's no big secret, ... Some Fed officials think they've been pretty generous, while others are more worried about the global economic slowdown, capital spending and corporate profit margins. |
The Fed is very much split at this point. That's no big secret. Some Fed officials think they've been pretty generous, while others are more worried about the global economic slowdown, capital spending and corporate profit margins. |
The focus for the stock market is more on economic recovery. |
The goal of all of this was to make it as difficult as possible to buy at warehouse clubs. |
The inflation number ensures [that] the Fed will keep tightening and implies slower growth next year, ... These are pretty scary numbers. |
The markets are telling us the Fed is likely to start raising rates in early May and again at the end of June and probably more aggressively in the second half of the year. The Fed has been trying to calm those expectations. Rates ought to stay low for quite some time. |
The numbers bounce around quite a bit quarter to quarter. |
The problem with the economy right now is insufficient demand, not supply. The meat and potatoes of this plan is supply-side medicine for a demand-side problem. |