David Jones
David Jones
Twentieth-century British Modernist poet and painter who is best remembered for his long poem "The Anathemata." His other works include "In Parenthesis" and "Cara Wallia Derelicta."
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 November 1895
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He laid down the gauntlet and his credibility is on the line,
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Greenspan is trying to level out this market, trying to put some two-sided risk in this market, to take some of that speculative froth out.
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Greenspan is going to have as much influence as anybody has ever had on this critically important decision, ... Politics of Money: The Fed Under Alan Greenspan.
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Greenspan is giving the markets a reality check. Good for him.
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(Greenspan) cut rates three times last year, but he said that the conditions that required those cuts are no longer with us. So the outside limit to what he is going to do is three hikes. My guess is that you will only end up with a couple of them, a quarter-point at the end of this month, one in August, and maybe one in October.
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There is no fundamental change from Mr. Greenspan.
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That crisis is stabilizing now so I think some of the attention in the markets will come back to that report.
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Look at that Michigan Survey of consumer sentiment, the preliminary for early August, it is near record levels,
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I think our competition in the conference might be more difficult than the district.
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Clearly, the Fed is in the midst of a series of easing steps and is prepared to ease further if necessary to counter unstable financial market conditions or slower growth.
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The feeling from Greenspan's point of view is that you don't want a pure academic for this post because that person may not have enough political savvy and enough market sense.
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I just need it. I need to be here. I feel that the only person who can help me is God.
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In the short-term, sentiment is probably quite negative for the U.S. dollar. The one thing to watch for the U.S. dollar going forward is what happens in China.
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Investors are asking if the emperor has clothes. Once they spin off Palm, they are stuck with businesses that are low-growth and low-margin. Investors want to know what this company is going to do for an encore.