David Wyss
David Wyss
David Wyss is an American economist. As New York-based Standard & Poor's chief economist, Wyss was responsible for S & P's economic forecasts and publications. He also coauthored the monthly Equity Insight and the weekly Financial Notes. He was on the board of the National Association for Business Economics, Washington, D.C...
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Other than autos, the rest of consumer spending is doing OK.
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Consumer spending may slow down a bit more than thought. But, it won't drive us into a recession - that would probably take oil going well over $100 a barrel.
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Consumers are spending their little hearts out. We are doing pretty darn good.
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Common sense says consumers have to stop spending money at some point. But consumers haven't shown much common sense lately, despite griping about gas prices.
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I have full faith in the ability of the American consumer to keep spending.
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If you take out gas and cars, sales were basically flat. Consumers are getting more cautious.
coming gains historical settling standards strong
Usually coming out of a recession, you get a real spurt in productivity, which we got, but now things are settling down to what by historical standards are still very strong gains in productivity.
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We're expecting oil prices to continue to come down. They're now about $60. We expect to be down around $50 by the end of the year.
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There is a risk that energy could break out into a bigger inflation problem. We have gotten through Katrina and oil prices have backed off a bit, but there is a risk that if we have a harsh winter, energy prices will rise again.
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I think they are struggling with how to let markets know the rate hikes are coming to an end. The problem is that anything they say will get over-interpreted by financial markets.
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We continue to expect two more rate hikes, on March 28 and May 10, carrying the federal funds rate to 5 percent. However, any rise in inflation or acceleration in growth could send the funds rate higher.
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We don't seem to be having any trouble financing our large and growing trade deficits.
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We had expected to see a bigger rebound. On the other hand, some of the pain is lifted by the fact that they did revise up both November and December, so things are still looking pretty good.
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They like inflation where it is now. But they're worried that it's creeping up.