Diane Swonk
Diane Swonk
meetings move shore
If they move between meetings it's usually a move to shore up confidence.
financial
If they see more instability in financial markets, they will take it lower.
job maybe obviously people security stretch trading trying wages
obviously something that (the Fed) is trying to stretch for, saying, 'Well maybe people aren't trading job security for wages anymore.'
consumer feeding retailers smaller street wall wants
More and more retailers are feeding on a smaller consumer pie, and many are going away hungry, ... What Wall Street Wants from the Retail Industry.
fed interest involved rate save tools wall
What can the Fed do about WorldCom? This is not an interest rate problem. This is not something they should be involved with, ... I'm sorry, Wall Street, but you can't look to the Fed to save you when they don't have the tools to save you on this one.
cards either house sort strong
We've got this sort of house of cards. It is either a strong house of cards or the whole thing could implode on us. It could go either way.
fake late overall performance profit saw strongest
We've got the strongest overall profit performance in 30 years, and these are real profits, not the fake ones we saw in the late 1990s.
consumer credit economy goes haunt major
When the economy goes back down again, years down the road, will consumer credit be a major problem, like it was in the 1990-91 recession? ... Yes, it could come back to haunt us. But right now, it's a macroeconomic plus.
position screw taking
Why screw around? If they're going to cut, they'll go a half-point. They're just not in a position to be taking risks.
clouds expecting lining record remain sales silver territory
We were expecting sales to remain in record territory today, not set new records, ... This really underscores the silver lining to clouds abroad.
argue begin bulk cuts fed feeling pulling rate time
There are many who, on a theoretical basis, would argue that now is the time the Fed should begin pulling back because we'll be feeling the bulk of the rate cuts when we already should have started tightening again.
fed guess move sidelines until
It's my guess the Fed will probably move to the sidelines until at least November,
almost confirm fed minutes
The minutes confirm the Fed is almost done (raising rates).
bond market problems
The bond market is just overwhelmed by problems abroad,