John Silvia
John Silvia
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I don't think you have to worry about a profit squeeze, but don't be surprised when people start shouting profit growth has peaked. A lot of companies that are seeing increased costs for raw materials will not be able to pass them on to the consumers.
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I think clearly the retail employment number is goofy. I think when that number is revised and we look back several months, we'll eventually see a gain.
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I think if you had $70 oil, and the Fed were to continue to raise interest rates to fight inflation, that could cause a problem, ... I think there's a certain breaking point where that the price of energy alone is so high that it changes the psychology of both businesses and consumers. I think $80 would probably break the back.
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I think futures are up because people are looking ahead to today's numbers and seeing that this economy continues to move ahead very nicely, no matter what problems a specific company may be reporting.
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It does create a lot confusion and leads to different sides telling different stories -- not useful for making good public policy for the labor market,
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I think Katrina's put the kibosh on this whole thing. You're going to lose so many jobs. It's going to take time to get this all back up.
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I think Katrina's put the kibosh on this whole thing, ... You're going to lose so many jobs. It's going to take time to get this all back up.
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Today's labor market does not fit the mold of the old models. The economy has recovered, and many of the old jobs are gone.
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Manufacturing sector employment is likely to improve in the months ahead. However, employment gains are likely to remain below par.
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Manufacturing output is up, yet employment in the manufacturing sector is down. This result suggests that the firms are producing more in the U.S., but doing it with fewer workers.
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Manufacturing growth has moderated in recent months, as the cycle moderates despite the hype about the new-found recovery.
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What you're seeing is that inflation is rising, ... It's still at a low level, but you know what the trend is. The question to ask is, How much is too much? At what point does the Fed say it's risen enough that we don't want it to go any higher? That's the difficult question to answer.
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Going forward there is a sense of what are we trying to do here?
This is more significant, ... it's a very big complication.