Ken Goldstein
Ken Goldstein
Ken Goldstein, also known as Kene G and Jack Dempsey, born June 1969, is an American film and television writer, producer, director and occasional actor. He is a co-founder of Planet illogica and CEO of The Six Shooter Company and the author of the book series, The Way of the Nerd. Goldstein is an active speaker at conferences and festivals, universities and private and public institutions. He has been a featured and Keynote speaker in Brazil, Australia, France and Germany...
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Essentially the story is we have got moderate growth through the first quarter. We may tick up in the second quarter and we may tick down in the third quarter. Growth is going to be a little slower second half of the year.
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Both investment and hiring intentions reflect a level of caution over both pricing and profit strategies.
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With slower hiring, and indications that hiring might remain soft in the months ahead, the economy could struggle, setting up a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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What we are going to get is people grumbling about it -- maybe buying one less latte -- but they're not going to forego buying that new TV.
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There's no sign that spending is going to take off, but there's also nothing to show that consumers, finished with back to school spending, are going to put their hands back in their pockets and leave them there.
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There's nothing wrong with the economy right now. That's not the issue,
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The trend, though, in Columbus is picking up over the last few months.
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This is not a party-line vote, either. Groups on the left and the right are joined together in fighting this attack on the first amendment.
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This could be a signal that the economy will continue to expand this spring before slowing later in the year.
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Add this to the negative impact of the hurricanes and flooding, resulting in lost jobs and incomes, and lost output, and we could be in for slower growth through the end of the year.
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A weakening national situation is not good news for the Gulf Coast area. Some workers seem reluctant to move to an area where the labor market was already weak.
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That the index is starting to turn more positive is telling us to look for a better economic outlook overall as early as spring.
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A large portion of the declines in ads in November and December are seasonal declines as businesses cut back recruitment ads during the holiday season.
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The September data indicate a general weakening in the job picture nationwide -- a trend we were seeing before the recent hurricanes, ... That data is consistent with the latest CEO Confidence Survey, which is also down.