Jan Hatzius
Jan Hatzius
Jan Hatziusis the chief economist of investment bank Goldman Sachs. Notable for his bearish forecasts prior to the Financial crisis of 2007–2008, he is a two-time winner of the Lawrence R. Klein Award for the most accurate US economic forecast over the prior four years. He has also won a number of other forecasting awards, including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Institutional Investor annual forecaster rankings...
couple jobs reports
This is probably one of the most important jobs reports that we have had in a couple of years.
categories due gains given recent strong
Some slippage in other categories is probably due given very strong gains in recent months.
average dog far neutral oil past
Oil is the dog that didn't bark. It's neutral because it's not far away from the average of where it's been over the past year.
housing key reason
The deterioration in housing affordability is one key reason.
data gone
I've gone from being a data maven to a weatherman, ... Just to think that before today, I didn't know what an 'eye-wall replacement cycle' was.
chairman effect house prices risen severe sounds worried
The chairman now sounds notably more worried than previously that house prices have risen too much and that the downturn could have a severe effect on the U.S. economy.
basically fair quarters rate seven
You've got seven quarters in which the homeownership rate basically has done nothing. It's fair to say that it's stagnating.