The housing numbers look pretty strong, but we have to discount them due to the mild weather effects. We are getting confirmations from the companies themselves about lower orders. |
The inflationary implications drawn from the combination of exceptional growth and higher inflation could become more ominous when we incorporate the tightening labor market trends. |
These results will reinforce the Fed's thinking, |
These results will reinforce the Fed's thinking. |
This is negative news and giving the market reason to pause a little. The core number is up 0.3 instead of 0.2. It's all it takes. |
This may be a natural reaction to the war, but the losses are deep and spell increasing trouble for the economy if uncertainties do not lift very quickly. |
Unit labor costs moving up is seen as fanning some of the Fed's concerns on inflation, but I doubt from the Fed's perspective that this changes their view very much, |
Unit labor costs moving up is seen as fanning some of the Fed's concerns on inflation, but I doubt from the Fed's perspective that this changes their view very much. |
We have a very healthy economy with little inflation. We could have this kind of growth for the next couple of years. |
We're seeing a reduced impact from the hurricanes and we're getting back to the underlying norm. We're looking for about an 80,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in October, and it's still picking up. |