Anthony Chan
Anthony Chan
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It really tells us the economy is healthy, and at the same time we don't see that labor markets are overheating at an accelerating pace.
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It raises the probability that the Fed will not pause this year. The Fed may play it safe and remain in play in 2006.
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It's a little disappointing to see core up that much. I was hoping for surprise on the downside for core as we got in the PPI (Producer Price Index) yesterday.
core downside hoping price surprise
It's a little disappointing to see core up that much, ... I was hoping for surprise on the downside for core as we got in the PPI (Producer Price Index) yesterday.
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It's a healthy development. It tells us the underlying momentum of the economy was stronger, so we can afford to take a bigger hit in the second quarter and still have respectable growth for the year.
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It provides more ammunition for the doves arguing for more moderation, and takes leverage away from the hawks arguing for (a bigger, half-percentage point) hike.
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This action really reveals the Fed's excitement with the emerging signs of economic growth we're seeing.
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This is an economy coming back, but it's going to be a moderate recovery. But we should not despair, since a balanced recovery has the best chance of turning into a longer-lasting recovery.
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This is actually a good report because it really tells us the economy is healthy.
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Although we should get a boost from the reduction in tax withholding along with tax rebates to lower-income taxpayers, the fear is that the persistence of poor labor-market conditions and continuing geopolitical risk may end up tempering economic growth conditions during the third quarter.
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Although today's employment report provides little evidence of anything resembling a double-dip recovery, it does provide stronger support for the onset of a gradual to a moderate recovery in the months ahead.
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Although the gain in real GDP came in somewhat below market expectations, the details of the report were much more favorable,
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Although the current growth environment is not impressive, positive growth is still positive growth. On the darker side of things, however, we must admit that the economy still lacks the growth momentum needed to correct many of the labor market ailments.
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Although the BLS failed to provide an estimate of what the hurricane did to this report, my research does show that in nine out of the last 10 largest hurricanes, payrolls softened by an average of 120,000,