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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Without any question, the Fed is vastly different now in terms of openness and transparency. Greenspan's theme has been the more markets know, the better.
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We know the average construction worker in America is 53. We also know that America's youth is not lining up to learn the skilled crafts. . . . If the federal government doesn't come up with a functional guest-worker program, we will have some problems, and not just in Arizona.
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Nothing in these numbers would change the outlook for Fed policy, which is to tighten credit and to try to encourage market conditions that would slow growth to a more sustainable pace this year. The report leaves the Fed on track for a quarter-point hike in February, but there isn't the kind of urgency to warrant a 50 basis point hike.
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When the Fed itself doesn't know what it is going to do after its next meeting, life becomes much harder for the forecasting community.
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It is understandable that a new Fed chairman would want to prove his inflation-fighting mettle right away, but I think there is a danger that housing is more vulnerable than people realize.
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That's significant. It's something the Fed will be watching closely to see if that pipeline will spill over into finished goods prices.
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We are headed to 5 percent almost certainly, but after that the Fed will pause because they will see enough evidence that economic growth is moderating.
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I think there will be one more quarter-point hike and then the Fed will go on hold for the rest of the year.
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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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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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These numbers suggest the Fed is not done tightening for this cycle, if not in August, then later in the year,
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The Fed chairmanship is not the kind of job where you want to surprise everyone with your choice of a total unknown. You don't want to surprise Wall Street.
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The Serious Fraud Office has a duty to record and consider reports of possible overseas corruption involving U.K. persons or U.K. corporate entities. This is a standard preliminary process in such situations to consider whether closer inspection in the U.K. is appropriate and, if so, by which regulatory authority.
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The simple fact is this: a lot of global investors have been making big bets on equities around the world. Now they're pulling back, ... They're worrying about a riskier world, particularly about difficulties in Asia.