Anthony Crescenzi
Anthony Crescenzi
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The risk aversion was a touch smaller today, but it was more of a toe-step into the markets that were beaten up badly.
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For so long, an individual who owned a small business or had influence over pricing somehow, would say, 'Prices aren't rising, so we can't raise prices, either.' Now they can see, with this data and through anecdotal evidence, that others are raising prices, and they may feel they can raise their prices now.
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That makes it more likely we will need to have repeated hikes, because the economy won't succumb to a small handful of hikes.
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The money channeled from failed industries to small businesses would be taxed at higher rates, and that would be harmful to the economy,
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What's the expression? 'If your neighbor loses his job, it's a recession, but if you lose your job, it's a depression?' Maybe it depends on who's making the definition.
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It would be a mistake to get bearish on the consumer now. It's been a mistake to be bearish on the consumer for many years.
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It would be a mistake to get bearish on the consumer now, ... It's been a mistake to be bearish on the consumer for many years.
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It was very well subscribed -- and that was why they raised it and it ended up being $4.8 billion.
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I've been calling for the bond yield since the beginning of the year to get toward 6 percent,
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Right now we have to take a step back and say how much further can we go with this news. Where fed funds are now, at 6.5 percent, makes it somewhat difficult for the (bond) market to trade higher or lower in yield.
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Even if the economy slows, there will still be inflation, ... But there comes a point when the Fed won't pay attention to inflation because of a slowing economy.
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Even though it falls outside of the survey period, it may be that an individual found a job during the survey period and so didn't have to file a claim in the following weeks, ... It tells a story about labor demand and suggests that has improved.
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Rubin said that it is too early to talk about a Brazil rescue plan,
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Corporate treasurers are getting a bit nervous about the equity market, ... They are probably concerned about some spread widening that could come with a deeper decline inequities.